beaching

The weekend after all our stuff was stolen we went to Sailele. It was beautiful! Sailele is on the other side of the island. It has almost no garbage on the beach, which is a novelty here, and we avoided rain on the other side of the island. The kids had great fun exploring a little tunnel in the rock where there was beautiful coral and even some colorful fish. Then last weekend we went bowling in a sauna - well, technically we just went bowling in a bowling alley with no A/C, but that's not what it felt like!

We spent Columbus Day at $2 beach. It's called $2 beach because it costs $2 per person to swim there. I know some people here don't think the $2 is worth it, but we liked having a small fale to keep us out of the small bouts of rain that came through. And it was a great place for snorkeling, especially for Everett. There is a small little deep spot away from the waves and current where tons of fish hang out. Our exciting creature views were sea urchins, juvenile emperor angelfish and juvenile rock mover wrasse, which I find really interesting since it looks like a bit of plant matter floating in the water until you look closely, and then when it grows, up it looks like this. We saw a few more pipefish and many juvenile parrotfish too, plus, of course, all the many fish that we weren't able to identify!