We departed Black Point for Big Majors on May
2nd, anchored, and loaded the dogs into the dinghy for a shore
visit. Fun fact about Big Majors, there
are wild pigs, yeah, giant spotted, look like they stepped out of Bedrock, giant pigs. They are quite the tourist attraction, because they will swim out to your boat looking for food! And fool tourists feed them!
The beach we chose to take the dogs to was
clear but wouldn’t you know as soon as we got closer a pig emerged from the
bush and onto the beach. The dogs
spotted it and for a moment were confused, but soon Charlie started baying and
howling and Rei whining and crying, both of them causing quite a scene in the
dinghy.
Luckily there was another beach close by
(but with people) so we took them there.
The following day we returned to
Thunderball Grotto for a slack low tide snorkel. This time when we swam into the cave we continued
through to the east opening and drifted north back around to the west entrance.
INCREDIBLE!!!
When I first approached the east side exit
I was awestruck with how beautiful it was!
The light shining on colorful fish and coral, framed by the dark
interior of the cave…quite a nice effect.
The exterior of the island was encrusted
with an exceptionally healthy reef; it was so beautiful we took three laps
around until the current got a little too strong to swim in the area.
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