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Snorkeling at Playa Kenepa Grandi

Swimming with ducksWe don’t often snorkel at Playa Kenepa Grandi, sometimes just called Playa Grandi. It’s supposed to be the most photographed beach on Curacao. It is easy to see why. It is very picturesque, with a long sandy beach and beautifully colored water. There is a small snack bar, a pay shower, bathrooms and lots of beach chairs. It is very busy most days, and today (Monday, November 28) was no exception.

The coral is not great, but there are lots of varieties of fish. We saw a big school of squid. We used to see squid a lot, but not so much anymore. The ones we’ve seen have been quite small, but these were the largest we’ve seen this year. Nice to see. But today’s highlight was an eagle ray.

Eagle ray in CuracaoIt’s not often we get to swim with eagle rays. Usually, we see them for just a minute or two and they swim off at a high rate of speed. This time, we swam with this guy for a long time, probably 20 minutes. And it only ended because we got tired of chasing him around. He seemed to take great delight in swimming in a circle about three hundred meters around! Round and round we’d go, I’m sure he just wanted to see how long we’d chase him.

Sunday In Roatan

Toward our hotel Well, we got here safe and sound on Saturday, managed to get our rental car, and out to the resort, the Parrot Tree Plantation, by two pm. We got checked in easily. Just an absolutely lovely room. 25 or 30 foot ceilings done in open beams of Honduran Mahogany. Beautiful granite everywhere. Wonderful Honduran Mahogany kitchen cabinets. The Bathroom is amazing with a huge soaker/jetted tub, a huge curved standalone shower, with dual vessel sinks in the vanity. The bathroom is as big as our master suite!

Good sized crabIt has a really nice deck looking out over the lagoon. Comes with a round, tall table and three tall chairs, with a lounger for suntanning.

The only drawback is the lack of a safe… not impressed by that. And the internet is not good. In public areas it’s fine, but in the suites, it’s spotty at best. If I sit on the balcony, I can get a decent enough connection.

Eagle rayWe did a snorkel today just around the resort. It was quite amazing. Lots of coral, lots of fish – even different fish than we’re used to seeing. We saw a cool eagle ray – that is one fast fish when he wants to boogey! Took off like a shot.

LionfishI’ll put in a longer report later, but right now we’re enjoying ribs on the edge of the ocean. We’ve been joined by a couple of cats and Pam is feeding them!

Lots to say about Roatan, but we have three weeks here, so I won’t overload you on day one.