Day 15

Caño Island
Headed out for a day of snorkeling today with a mixed group of snorkelers and divers . We got talking to a woman from Philly who was a zookeeper. She gave us lots of monkey tips--such as watch out if a monkey “smiles” at you. He is about to attack. We have had such bad luck at snorkeling in Costa Rica that we were astonished at how good it was on Cano Island. The clarity was unbelievable--like a swimming pool. We saw a big sea turtle, a spotted eagle ray, sergeant major fish, angel fish, parrot fish, and many others I don’t know the names of. There was a school of grey fish that swirled around like a tornado and a school of barracuda passed very close by us.  The guide  showed us garden eels that stuck up out of the water like little sticks and when he approached them, they pulled themselves down under the ground. We passed a group of dolphins on our way to the island. We spent almost 2 hours in the water with a break in between. Fantastic!
-Heidi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTQrE4NuSJA
not our video but it looked like this.