She Sells Seashells...

Well, our plans for the long weekend have been postponed until next weekend, but this one was still pretty cool. Today we were snorkelling at a nearby reef, hanging out with the most beautiful tropical fish you can imagine; all the characters from Finding Nemo were there:) And no, Ruth doesn’t snorkel in her balto – the dive centre has a private beach so she can wear a bathing suit. We do wish we could get our hands on a waterproof camera, and so be able to share more of the adventure with you! Stingrays, giant starfish, sea urchins the size of basketballs, and sooo many dazzling fish. Click here for photos that we didn’t take but are nonetheless representative. A wonderfully exciting afternoon.

The pictures that are in this post are from a picnic that happened yesterday. It was on a rocky stretch of coast with some wonderful tidal pools to wander through. Here you can see some of the little fish, urchins, and a weird sort of toothed clam. The conglomeration of shells is also an urchin – things tend to stick to them. We didn’t do it.

I might as well tell you about those plans that fell through. We’ve been working on getting up the coast to a highly populated sea turtle colony. For the past few days a couple of our staff have been ill, and Ruth was one of them. But it wasn’t serious and they’ve both made a full recovery, ready to go exploring next week.

Click on any of the images to view larger versions of them. I recommend this particularly for the urchin colony and the Snorkelling Muslim.

Coming soon, by popular demand: Yemeni Cricket, the Mundane Details edition! You’ll see pictures of the everyday things – where we live, work, and shop.