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Yuck. I want to go back to the pretty warm place. :(

The last day was dive, dive, snorkel, snorkel. The diving, of course, was way more fun, but I did get to be attacked by about 5 stingrays on a sandbar when they realized I had a squid in my hand. They are soft and tickle. Being attacked by stingrays is much more pleasant than having an octopus stuck on your arm.

The dives were boat dives, as described by Adam. I did not have fun on the boat. It was terrible. I was overheating and hadn't eaten enough so I felt horrible. Then I cut my arm on aircraft cable. Once I was in the water I was 100% better. The temperature was better and I wasn't getting tossed all over the place like on the boat. Burping underwater is funny. Sneezing is not funny.

The snorkeling was with a lot of those annoying cruise ship tourist types which I can't stand. There were a ton of incredibly rude kids, and their equally obnoxious parents. Once I got away from the main group of snorkelers, I felt much better and was able to enjoy myself.

I think the name of my mystery favorite fishy is "yellowfin damselfish", as determined from a little card with fish pictures on it. The flounder was also neat; it lays/swims flat on the bottom and blends in really well when it isn't moving. Turtles are awesome. I didn't get to eat them, but I did get to see a few at about 100 feet deep.

Now that I am home, however, I need to do the standard errands of developing photos and returning my drowned watch to REI. Oh yeah, and maybe show up at my office...