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 ABOUTfeatured: 30 Best Snorkeling Blogs Fun Ways to enjoy the caribbeanJul 24, 09 Comments Off
 Iguana at Boca Tabla Good morning all, long day of sight-seeing yesterday leaving me no time to do the daily. I picked Emily and her parents up at 9:00 and off we went to Christofell Park. We drove up to the main parking lot below the base of the mountain, grabbed some water and all my camera gear and went hiking up the trail. We only went part ways as it was already way too hot and too late in the day to start an epic climb so instead we chased dragonflies around at the base and just enjoyed the wildlife. The park is still fairy green for the lack of water we have had. There were no waterfalls but there was still quite a bit of water still in the streams and lots of birds. On the way out we stopped at a little copper mine but got chased out by what we thought was going to be a hard rain but ended up only sprinkling.
Our next stop was one of my favorite places, Boca Tabla. Upon entering the park we were told the road to Boca Pistil was only accessible by four wheel drive so going to see the water volcano was out of the question! Instead we drove to the beach were you can build stuff from rocks which many of you now on my list have been to. Emily built a big giraffe and her parents built a lighthouse which when finished didn’t look like a lighthouse but did look like some kind of really cool temple? After they built their fun rock creations I went up above and photographed them and then we all just sat and watched these monster waves rolling in and smashing into the coast, it was great! Our next stop at Boca Tabla was to see the cave where the ocean flows into and another ocean outlook. This brings us to your photo of the day. As we were driving out thru the main gate we noticed a guy with a camera walk into the bush and immediately saw what he had found, this big beautiful iguana! I pulled the car to the side and quietly walked over myself and started to shoot away, he could have cared less! I stayed with him for around five minutes, got some nice front view shots as well until he finally said enough and off he went into the bush.
Our third stop of the day was to the beautiful beach of Puerto Mari. When we arrived the place was completely packed! Eating was our first priority but every table was taken so we just sat and waited for just a few moments until eagle eye Emily spotted one opening up in the back and like vultures we jumped on it! Lunch was served in record time, it was the fastest service I have ever seen on Curacao, these guys should get some kind of award!! Lunch was great and after the family rented snorkel gear and took off into the aqua blue while I took off on a one hour hike. My goal was to place a new Geocache container on the top of a nearby hill which I successfully did do, the old container had been sitting here now for over a year. This cache gets found more than any other so I wanted to make sure it was still well hidden and stays in good shape. While up there I followed a Cara-Cara around who was hunting on the trail and also found two golden yellow finches that seemed to have no fear of people at all and allowed me to get very close. I watch from high above as Emily and her family explored the reef and then finally at 5:00 made my way down off the mountain, met the group again and off we went back into town.
We drove straight to Jan Thiel to the Whale because Emily had to be there at 6:00 to help with the feeding. When we got there the place was full of visitors and tourists all wanting to watch the feeding, it has turned into quite the tourist attraction! Hundreds upon hundreds of people watched as the trainers and volunteers slowly netted the animal then put those foam floaties around it, slowly swam the animal into shallow water and proceed to give it an injection and give him water and fish. I tried my best to take some photos but there wasn’t much light left but did get a few to send to you. After the feeding they swam it back into it’s large netted pool and with a big round of applause from the watchers it was over.
I met the girls and the parents back at the house after dropping a friend off at home. Our little puppy is very sick, Aimee took her to the hospital yesterday for fluids and vitamins and has gotten very skinny we are very worried about her, she must have eaten something bad at the beach? That’s about it, I have to get moving it’s going to be a very busy day at work.
Curacao regards, Barry
23-07-2009
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