small school of barracuda
 gray shark |
 nice coral gardens... |
 lucien, with turtle |
 sea turtle |
 school of jack fish at muri muri |
 school of jack fish |
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 lots of nicely colored tropical clams at Toopua! |
 curious butterfly fish |
Hmmm... photos not as good today. :(
Our first dive was at Muri Muri, which is Lucien's favorite dive spot. The current was strong, and as usual, my big acrylic camera housing and strobe acted like a big sail, making it very difficult to make any progress in the water, especially with my rented fins, which are not as efficient as the ones I normally use. I was also sort of preoccupied because I was trying to conserve battery life (my camera died at the beginning of the second dive today, which is why I don't have as many flashy photos to present today). I really wanted to photograph this group of enormous bubble-tip sea anemones which are found near the end of the Toopua drift dive. They are roughly 3' in diameter each, and have lovely purple undersides. Sooo beautiful! Oh well.
I met a guy named Reinhart (a baker) and a woman named Helen on the dives today. They work on the big Renaissance cruise ship that is parked in the lagoon for two days every week. The mayor of Bora Bora came to eat at the restaurant at TOPdive this evening. Neat-o.
Also, my calling our journaling foursome "incenstuous" seems to have stuck. Adam, Amabelle, and Dardy are all referring to it that way now. They all met up for a 4th of July BBQ without me. :(