Sailing on Fortitude (July 18-23)

Daphne reads Life of Pi (Jul 22, 2004, 09:40am) Reading is a big activity for us during our vacation, including out time on Fortitude. Here Daphne reads a few more pages between breakfast and our morning snorkel trip. There is a story behind this book, Life of Pi; but you will have to read our travel journal to get the scoop.

The Fortitude, our home away from home (Jul 22, 2004, 09:53am) Shortly before 10:00am we climbed into the dingy and Jeremy took us to the windward (outer) edge of Horseshoe Reef for another snorkel trip. I took this picture as passed by the Fortitude, on our way to the reef. The boat is not completely deserted, Vanessa is below deck cleaning up after breakfast.

Black durgon (triggerfish) (Jul 22, 2004, 10:11am) This next series of underwater pictures were taken while snorkeling on the windward side of Horseshoe Reef. Jeremy took us through a channel in the reef on the dingy, then we jumped in the water and swam around. The windward side of the reef was very different, consisting of a wall of fire coral rising from the deep instead of a series of coral heads in the shallow sands.