Losing track of the days..

The days are starting to run together, so I've decided not to give updates by day.  Since my last real update we have explored almost every inch of this island...  Well, at least every inch of the interior.  We haven't had a chance to enjoy the beaches at all.  Our time has been spent bushwhacking through haulback and poisonwood to find blue holes...  None of which are blue.  They look more like iced tea, but they are anchialine/hypersaline and not brackish.  Even though it's been very hot, buggy, and the lakes smell of sulfur, I love this place.

Today we went into a lake called Merman Pond.  Luckily the trail in was already cut, so it only took about 20 minutes to walk to.  The entire trail consisted of boiling hot flocculent, which almost took my shoes off with every step.  Once we got to the lake we split up and snorkeled in different directions to find the conduit.  We thought it would be fine since we were told that nothing lives there.  It only took me about 5 minutes to see that wasn't true.  I about jumped out of the water when I came up on a giant sea monster...  at least that's what it looked like to me at the time.  I think it was just a snapper, because Rob saw some hanging out at the mouth of the conduit.  Whatever is was it was at least 25 inches.  I have to admit I was a little scared while floating in deep dark water over a large hole while baiting traps.  But we made it out safe and now we know to be on the look out.

The first picture is of the ruins we found on the new trail we made.

The second picture is of a dead giant land crab.  They get about four times this size.

 

Attention Project Potcake:  I know you guys had good intentions by having a spay and neuter clinic on this island.  However, now the locals are poisoning the dogs and there is an abundance of feral cats.