[password] zara1010
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:image Birds galore
:image Coral
Touho as our problems in London are not yet resolved - there are worse
places to be procrastinating.
Yesterday we even watched the dugong for around an hour as it surfaced,
then disappeared to feed again with it's mermaid tail fully visible as
it dived just a couple of boat lengths from Roxi - at last a real sighting!

Went to the outer reef to snorkel, but the reef just off the anchorage
had far more prolific coral growth and variety. What was wonderful out
here was a small sandy ilot that was covered in seabirds, terns and
chicks that were barely fledged or still unable to fly and the dark
birds - no bird ID book aboard, sorry - with new fluffy chicks or eggs.
It was quite incredible, we've not seen that number of birds for a long
time.

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