Howdy friends and family! I did not post last night per my normal due to an evening visit to the local Urgent Care/Emergency Room. I seem to find various new experiences while Traveling with Emily. While night snorkeling my foot managed to come in contact with a sea urchin. It wasn’t too bad as there are just some tips that entered my foot and mostly my big toe. They don’t seem to be too deep or particularly bothersome so the contact was light. They spent a few hours soaking my foot in hot saline they had heated in a microwave and added vinegar to. The spines are mostly calcium so the acid in the vinegar will dissolve them. I do seem to have less than I received but I will have to continue to soak my foot until they’re gone.
The tour company owner had to come get us and take us to urgent care. While waiting our guide rounded up another guy who brought some leaves and a fruit that didn’t smell great, he broke the fruit in half and massaged it on my foot then wrapped it in leaves. I don’t know if it helps or hurts but the practitioner didn’t say much about it. They cleaned me up with antiseptic.
We have gotten a deal on a scooter for the day and I believe they are going to give us a snorkeling trip.
Nelson, not Nathan, took us on a tour around the area yesterday with two other couples. It wasn’t the best tour. The rum factory tour was more like a rum selling outlet store , I don’t know that they made anything there. It did have a nice view.
Nelson was supposed to take us snorkeling last night and again he wasn’t there and they guide we got was supposed to have a partner who may or may not have been off smoking weed with his friends based on the conversation Emily heard parts of. Our guide had said while waiting for the big boss that he was told where we went was too shallow.
So for the dumb choice on my part is I opted out of taking my new flippers on the trip. I wasn’t expecting to need to swim fast but they do offer foot protection. I think I will take them from now on. I will have to review them later. So far I haven’t had much experience with them except in the pool.
We probably got a half hour or so in the water before my incident and I had gotten some pictures. Unlike other places the night life in the water wasn’t much different from the day. I did notice the colors were brighter, the blues, greens and purples. A handful of fish, a lobster, several ot the tentacle type starfish and a lot of sea urchins.
That’s it for now!
Traveling with Emily! 