Sunday May 12th

Today we went to Cayos Cochinos for a day trip. We got picked up at our house at 7:00 by the tour company and got taken to Sambo Creek. When we arrived four more people showed us to join the tour so the price we paid went down from $75 to $45. The trip was completely worth the money that we paid. We headed out in a small motor boat to the islands. The first island that we stopped at was the island that held the Eco Reserve. We watched a video about the islands and what can and can’t be done on them. We then left and went and headed to the next island. When we were quite a distance away but close enough to see the island we jumped off the boat and started snorkeling. We snorkeled all the way from the middle of the sea to the island. While we were snorkeling we saw different types of coral, and many different fish. When we got to the island we took some pictures and then we headed out to where we could hold starfish and conch shells. We then hiked a little way into the jungle to see the pink boa. I actually was brave enough to hold it. It was gross! After taking many pictures in the Jungle we headed to the last island were we had lunch. For lunch we had fish soup that consisted of a plate of rice, and banana mixture and then a bowl with a whole fish in it and broth. To eat the soup you had to pick the fish off the bone and then ate everything in with the broth. After lunch we laid down in the sun for a little while and swam in the sea. After this we headed back to the shore because the waves were getting very big and hard to navigate through. Overall I would 100% recommend this tour and trip. It was so convenient and easy to get to because they picked us up and dropped us of right at our house. Everything was included in the prices of the trip except lunch which wasn’t very expensive. When we got home we relaxed and had dinner. We are getting ready to get up and go back to school tomorrow. Make sure to check out the pictures on the Facebook link to see the beautiful  cayos cochinos and to see me holding the pink boa.