We visited the TCA school first thing this morning and brought notebooks and giftbags for each of the students. Muggy and I talked with Emerson Manggor, the TCA director about opportunities for individuals to come to teach here. He is very receptive to the idea. They had to hurry me out of the classroom as I was having too much fun talking with the students.
Placencia is about an hour’s drive from TCA. We pulled up to a facility along the river and parked. Melissa had arranged for us to have a water taxi for the day. We motored through the mangrove channels, bound for the oceanfront area. There we rented snorkel gear and headed out with our guide (Louis).
We headed for Silk Key on the Queen’s Reef. It’s 21 miles out from shore and quite a long (and this day, bumpy) ride. The picture below endeavors to capture the “non-reality” feeling of where we were and what we were doing. We snorkeled around the island and saw incredible sealife, including a six foot nurse shark. Our guide had prepared a wonderful BBQ chicken and potatoes for lunch. After lunch we boarded the boat again and proceeded to another dive location. Absolutely un-belize-able!! We saw two more nurse sharks, two loggerhead turtles and numerous rays!! Truly remarkable!!
The ride back to shore was long and bumpy and we all had to “go” pretty badly.
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