Punto Gordo and Shark Shallow

Up early this morning for a run/swim. The howler monkeys were close to the road roaring at me as I jogged past. Kinda creepy as they sit high in the trees above the road. Not moving just watching. Then one, probably the dominant male, lets out a bone chilling roar. You can hear them all across the valley responding in kind. Then in short order they seem to disappear. The howls are like a roosters crow in the morning only with a a Jurassic Parkish feel.

The trip to Bat Island was postponed so we went to a couple of local dive sites. Punto Gordo and Shark Shallow are shallower dives that sported more color and some small critters. Ran across some thick, greeen scary eels and some more tropical looking fish. Blues and yellows were the dominant colors in the fish today when the fish were not six feet long, slithering eels. We ran into a number of eels in 'cleaning stations'.  A place between the rocks where they rest and let the little fish clean/eat.  They sit still with their fierce mouths open showing all their teeth while hundreds of little fish bounce around and do their cleaning. It's quite a process. The coastline reminds me of the scenery from the opening shots of Jurassic Park. I understand that some of the movie was shot here. No surprise really.

Will snorkel in the bay in front of the 'villa' this afternoon in search of some more pictures.



Sea Spider(?)



Stone Fish