Snorkel Trip

This weekend, I went out with a few friends on a snorkel trip to an outer area of the atoll. The longish trip out of town was definitely rewarded with tons of fish and great coral.

 Let's see what's underwater...

 

 Ready for fun!

 Pacific double-saddle butterflyfish

 Regal angelfish

 Reef wall

 Coral cave

 Near and far

 Fish meeting

 Leaf reflection

 Lemonpeel angelfish and reef whitetip shark

 Da-dum da-dum

 Saddled butterflyfish

 Peek-a-boo

 A red? lemonpeel angelfish

 Pink coral

 Blue coral

 Reticulated butterflyfish and whitecheek surgeonfish

 White coral

 White-spotted surgeonfish

Coral garden

Eneko - Below the Water

Let's see what's going on below the waves at Eneko.

 Snorkling pal

 Soft corals

 Staghorn damsel hiding in the coral

 Chasing latticed butterflyfish

 Weird formations

 Oval butterflyfish

Bluespot damsel

 Pretty corals

 Tucked away feather duster worm

Charcoal damsel

 Coral landscape

 Feeding time

 So much traffic on the way home!

Laura Beach

Surprisingly, I have not been back to the Laura end of Majuro since we first got here! It was fun to show Ron and Julie the rest of the island and have a post-Thanksgiving picnic on the beach. After lunch, we explored the beach at low tide and then flew kites with some local kids as the tide came in.

 Beach panorama

 Empty beach

 Beach buddies

 So far away!

 Rockin' the new goggles! lol

Picassofish

 Seahorse ride

 Threadfin butterflyfish

 Beachcombers

 Kite flying time!

 Everybody loves kites!

Thanks so much for a great visit R&J!!

Eneko

This weekend, we finally made it out to Eneko, one of the smaller islands in Majuro Atoll. It's known locally for it's excellent snorkeling, and it didn't disappoint.

It's a good day for a boat ride

 Laughing!

Purse seiner tuna boats

A coral bridge between two islands at low tide

A spooky sinking ship!

 Welcome to Eneko

 We had the beach all to ourselves!

 The coral was much nicer on this side of the lagoon

More on that below...

 Post-snorkeling beach combing

 Thirsty? Drink some rain!

 Tiny, stormy island

 All snuggled up and heading for home.