Sorry for the delay…

Day 2: Labadee, Haiti: As this is a private island, we didn’t find too much to do that looked all that interesting to us, so we decided to make that our snorkeling day. OMG!

That was the best snorkeling ever! The reef hadn’t been destroyed by recent hurricanes, like in so many other places we have been, so there was a lot of different types of corals to look at, and some really awesome fish! What made it more interesting is that we recently started a reef aquarium, so we knew more about what we were seeing and had a lot of fun wishing we could bag stuff up and bring it home! Oh yeah, and the jelly fish! EVERYWHERE! Knock on wood; I haven’t been stung by one yet.

Then we walked around the island and stuff. It was really pretty awesome! They had a bunch of land hermit crabs, like everywhere.

You had to watch where you stepped so you didn’t crush the little guys. Which was again cool because they are the same type we have at home (though I think ours are bigger). We went to a place called Dragon’s Breath Peak. The wind whistles through the rocks and sounds like a Dragon Breathing, thus the name. Check out the video.

Oh yeah, and avoid the island’s straw market. No, really! They were terrible! I only went because I was collecting coins as my souvenir and I needed a Haitian coin. I think I would have been better off going to the bank in Grand Cayman and asking for Haitian money!

then we had a yummy lunch and relaxed.

Here are the rest of the pictures.

Tags: haiti, part 2, vacation

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