Anseth Family Adventures: El Gato

Saturday, 2/4/2017, was a big day for the flatlanders from Minnesota. We grabbed a quick breakfast and headed to the dive shop. Kari and I were fitted for flippers and snorkeling masks. By the time this was done, Geraldo, our boat captain and Cerillio, our snorkel guide where at the dock to pick us up. We boarded their catamaran, El Gato, and took off to the first snorkel sight. A quick 20 -30 minute sail and we arrived at a small channel in the reef. About 70 other snrkelers were there from other companies. Fins on, snorkel and mask on, Go Pro, let's jump in and do this. After 15 minutes of half drowning, half cursing and half working, the Go Pro and I were both ready for some snorkel action. Kari and Cerillio had been tooling around the reef. I caught up with them. He was amazing how fast he could dive down and how long he could stay down. He was great st pointing out many unique aspects of the reef. I will try and do him some justice here.

A fish and some corral

The fan is fire corral. Do not touch it will burn your skin.

Caribbean stingray gluiding by

A fish

Fish and Corral

Green Morey Eel in the center. I was on top of the water shortly after this cause he kept coming out

Ode to Ann and Nancy Wilson: Barracuda!!!!!

Art house B&W of the corral

Pretty fish

We snorkeled for about an hour. Back on El Gato, and we sailed to shark and stingray alley. I know nurse sharks are bottom feeders and not interested in the taste of human flesh. But, It was still a little unnerving to jump in with an 8 foot shark crushing around.

This is a huge Caribbean stingray. The photo doesn't do it justice. He/she is at least 7 feet in circumference.

Nurse sharks out for a cruise.

This fish posing. Come on let me see your duck lips

After that we sailed to Caye Cauker a smaller island near Belize a little lunch and a little walking around. No trinkets were purchased and it was back on El Gato for the ride home.