
As a break and a reward for completing our sculpture, we went on another excursion with Shamie from Calabash Eco Adventures (http://www.calabashecoadventures.com/). This time we went kayaking to an island and did some snorkeling. It was another amazing experience. Shamie really knows his stuff and where all the awesome places are.
Everyone got paired off into twos for the kayaks and we were taught a few basic instructions before we got into the boats. Carrying the boats down to shore was a lot heavier than expected. Quite exhausting.

After getting in the water, we soon realized it was a little harder than we thought to actually paddle the right direction at a good speed. It was a decent tricep work out, lemme tell you. We kayaked our way to a tiny little island about 15 minutes away.


Once we finally got to the beach, we were able to relax for a bit and enjoy the island. We found an incredible hermit crab colony. They lived in the rocks and they were swarming everywhere. I have never seen that many hermit crabs in one place before. So we put some food on the ground and they went crazy. They all swarmed in to get a little piece of the granola bar we put on the ground. They started to emerge from their rocky fortress and go into battle just to get a little nid-bit of granola. It was very entertaining.



Now onto the snorkeling experience. This was the most shallow snorkel we have done here yet and we were able to finally see a lot more wildlife. Shamie guided us around the reef that surrounded the island and pointed out many awesome creatures to us and we were even able to touch a few every once in a while.





About a half-hour into our snorkeling experience a storm decided to blow through and that was a really interesting experience. You could feel the little bits of rain tapping on your back and the crackling sounds it would make as it hit the surface of the water as you snorkeled. When you lifted your head above the water, you could see a downpour and hear thunder. Underneath though, the wildlife was unharmed and didn’t seem to be effected at all by what was going on above. I found that so interesting.

After snorkeling, we swam back to the island where we kayaked, had lunch, and relaxed a bit on the island. Then we kayaked back to finish up our excursion. Boy oh boy were we tired though. All that kayaking and snorkeling really wiped us out! Oh and I forgot to mention, we all got burned during this excursion. We either forgot to put enough sunscreen on or didn’t reapply enough. Most of our backs are toast and our bottoms. What a great way to end our time in the Bahamas. Only one more day and then we leave the next morning! I can’t believe how quick this all happened already!
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