Day 10: Manta day

Day 10: Manta day

We started our day with breakfast and then diving. Not sure yet if I like it in that order. I am used to having a meal after my dive. My eating pattern is all messed up now. They put us in a smaller boat today and we headed out to Valley of the Rays. On the way out to the dive site we came across a pod of dolphins. It was nice to drive by them, watching them jumping around and playing with the wake of the boat.

Dive 1: Valley of the Rays: The only problem with this dive is we did not see any rays. There were some nudibranchs, angelfish, and some Bumphead wrasses. It was another long dive, most of our time in the same spot waiting for the mantas, but like I said they did not show.

Dive 2: Valley of the Rays: We saw a manta during our surface interval, so everyone decided to dive here again. This time we started at different cleaning station. We had one manta make 3 passes along the line of divers. I was able to get a couple of shots. I had my macro lens on so I was unable to get some full body shots of it. I also saw a couple of white, I guess more cream colored, pipefish. The dives were over for the day and it was time to head back to the hotel for lunch.

Instead of having lunch Liz and walked into town to try and find a store that had a prepaid internet access card. The internet at the hotel was very slow and expensive. While in town we went to a bakery to get some rolls for breakfast. And, yes, we were successful in finding a card. Now we can catch up posting our blogs on line.

Today in class we went over the hotel we are staying at. There are a few things that can be improved but overall it is a very nice place. Then we started talking about marketing and different locations to take people to for vacations. It was pretty informative and we came out with some good ideas that will help make our future group travels more fun and exciting.
Dinner was aboard the Mnuw again. I was not too hungry tonight so I just had some BBQ fish and a little rice. We did see an interesting story on the big screen tonight about the Mnuw and how they got it back into place after the big typhoon several years back. I will try to get a copy of that video clip to bring back home. Good night and happy bubbles.