October 21 – Diwali, Blow Holes, Snorkel House Reef, Coconut Grove Cafe

October 21 (Day 10 –  Diwali, Blow Holes, Snorkel House Reef, Coconut Grove Cafe): Diwali! This morning, we were off to the blow holes. We drove Southwest, down to the end of the road. An interesting and beautiful drive. Lots of rushing creeks to sea because of all the rain! We had a bit of trouble finding the blow holes. We even turned around... then saw a girl to ask where they were. When we got there some men had just finished cutting back some pandanus. They told us we were in the right place! Beautiful! Got good picks. Started to rain again, so we headed back. Had lunch and a rest period rod and I decided to snorkel off our little deck. We swam way out and found some corral. We had called in a takeout order to the Coconut Grove for 5:30. They called us a bit before that and said our food was ready and to bring 4 plates and a bowl! So we walked down with our plates and got our food. It was great!

Rod’s Thoughts: The house reef where we stayed was just sand and grass for the first 100 yards or more, but way, way out towards Honeymoon Island, we ran into some beautiful coral. Took some swimming to get there, but was worth the swim. We should have taken a float with us so that boats could see us. But in our defense, we didn’t know we were going to swim so far out. But if you do stay here and snorkel for the coral, you need a bright float so boats can see you.