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A little taste of Champagne bay
Today was our last tender port, and our last snorkelling opportunity of the cruise. We caught a late tender into shore about 10:30am or so and there were already quite a few people swimming in the beach. It's quite a small beach (maybe 200m long), but has nice white sand, and the water is beautiful. Champagne bay gets its name because of the bubbles that rise to the surface at low tide. I didn't see any bubbles, but when you're snorkelling you can clearly tell when you're in a ...
The best snorkelling I've ever seen!
... go to other islands to trade their crops. We also saw a church that is in the middle of being built (Protestant), though he said that it has been in the process of being built for 3 years, and it was only the concrete walls and slab that had been done. All of the locals pool money to pay for it, so that is why it is taking so long. After about 20 mins our tour was nearly over and as we were walking back to the beach, he pulled us to the side and ...
Jak jsme stanovali u nacelnika na dvorku
... do kuchyne. Dokonce nam i pomohl postavit stan. Tento a další den jsme se hned pustili do snorchlovani. Pujcili jsme si morsky kajak a popojeli dal od brehu k utesu. To byl naprosto neuveritelny zazitek. V pruzracne modre vode jsme objevovali koraly všech moznych a nemoznych tvaru, barev a konzistence, mezi nimi rybky barevne tak, ze by se proti nim hambila i vlajka homosexualniho hnuti, skeble, morske hvezdice, a kde nebyla skala, byl nadherny bily pisek. ...
The Incredible Coolidge
... it hit the coral reef and stopped. 5340 troops were able to disembark safely, only 2 casualties were reported. 90mins later, she slid off the reef and down the sloping sea wall. The SS. President Coolidge now lays underwater on its Port side with the bow at 20 meters and the stern down at 70m. The warm waters around Santo make the wreck a perfect site for many different species of hard and soft corals and countless amounts of fish life, having this ...
Beautiful Water Today
... center there are two main types of stores; tourist boutiques, and all-in-one stores, best described as a cross between a supermarket and a hardware store.
We had our normal breakfast in our room as we cruised into the port. It is heavily overcast and looks like we might get wet again today. The wind is blowing hard. I never knew the wind blew like this in the South Pacific. Everyone says it always blows like this. If you have a hat, ...


