I'm finally doing that report on the trip that Stuart promised two weeks ago. He pretty much covered the high points so all I can add is that the Hook was our favorite shelling spot -- check out that shell on the previous blog entry! It is like a work of art. Bruce found this one just as they were getting into the dinghy to come back to the boat and wanted so badly to swim back to the beach later to search for more, BUT our boat was surrounded by this rogue band of puffer fish, and since none of us knew if they could be harmful with their spiny little bodies, we decided better safe than sorry and he stayed on board.

We did learn later that they were benign little fishies, so next time we'll go swimming with them. Another night our companions were many, many nurse sharks feeding on the crill under and around Duetto. I could hear all this banging and we went out to check with the flashlight -- seemed kind of ominous to spot 50 or so sharks around the boat, but we hear they're pretty benign as well. I didn't want to test that theory so no swimming there. That was the day we headed off to San Carlos anyway because the weather forecast wasn't so great.

All in all, we had a wonderful time. I'm adding a bunch of pictures to our gallery and wanted to mention that you can click on the thumbnail photos and choose to see them as a slide show in a little bigger size if you haven't already done that.

No more blog updates for awhile. We'll be going back down to San Carlos in January or February so we will detail our island exploring then.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE!!!