Cocobandero Cays(San Blas Islands)
09° 30.76 N 078° 37.01 W
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27 September to 5 October 2007 |
OK! you laughed right???? So this is just me farting about, we were arriving in the anchorage at the Cocobandero Cays, and there were a few boats already anchored there. When a new boat arrives in an anchorage, the people on the boats that are already there love to do what we call "Prairie Dogging" and they peep from secluded places trying to sum up the new arrival. Well, I thought I would give them something to ponder on and dressed like a twazz and then stood on the foredeck saluting the mast as we arrived. I would love to know what they were thinking...
Standing on the beach of Olosicuidup, Laura, Andrea and I get some shade.
Laura and I examine a live baby Conch, before returning it to the sea.
We had sundowners ashore with the crew of "Cutty Wren" and "Yamana"
These Palometa (Trachinotus Goodei) were very tame and actually took a few nibbles of my toes.
A "Fish-eye" view of Jack swimming.
While the crabs watched him go by from their log.
Urchin.
Rock Hind (Epinephelus Adscensionis)
Juvenile Gray Angel (Pomacanthus arcuatus)
Yellowtail Damselfish (Microspathodon chrysurus)
Nurse Shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum)
A Flamingo Tongue, the animal extends its breathing membrane, or gill, outward over the shell. This is the brightly coloured mantle, the shell is quite plainly coloured underneath.
Spotted Trunkfish (Lactophrys bicaudalis)
We don't know if these are eggs or some anenome type.
Just like the postcard? but, serious signs of the rising sea level are evident. Here palms have had their roots eroded and they have toppled into the sea. Aerial photos of just a few years ago show these islands much larger than they now are. At this rate, we expect the San Blas Islands to disappear completely in a few years.
