The pack of kids: They barely tolerated being corralled into a static group for the photo!

We felt as though it was a weekend day. We wolfed down breakfast so we could go to the island beach early. While Bill sat in the shade and pondered the green mountains now visible to the south with white fluffy clouds, Lara and Isobel (without floats) snorkeled in the waist deep water nearby.

This is truly a spectacular place. Right off the travel poster, the blues of the water, the palms trees overhead, the densely covered mountains in the distance, the Kuna ula (dugout canoe) passing by, the water so clear that the schools of tiny fish look like they are suspended in air... the perfect white sand with the gentle waves lapping up. And the temperature is perfect. The air so it is perfect when in the shade and warm in the sun. The water temperature warm enough that one can swim in it for an hour without getting cold.

speaking of swimming, Isobel continues to have breakthroughs. Now able to snorkel without floats. Today realized she could hold her breath and stick her head under water... wearing a mask. longer and longer, floating and jumping up and down... free at last in the water...

Lara and I went out around a reef for a snorkel while Isobel played with the kids off of Salsa and Windara. After a long nap we reconvened on "our" island, the tiny one with one palm tree, for drinks and snacks. the five kids roamed around finding crabs and building bamboo structures and sand castles. The adults sat on palm logs around an little table made of a piece of coral and picked a various tasty snacks. The moon was out when the sun set, so we stayed out until 9 pm (cruiser's mid-night)...