July 18
We started the day by taling photos of parrots that visited the trees on the property next door to the Bellafonte. That property is owned by Peggy Bakker, whom we have come to know since earlier this year and we enjoy her company.
Our morning dive (#9 of this trip) was at the Pink Beach site located south of Tori's Reef. This site is lush with coral, all in great shape. We rarely see other divers at this site. Top left: Gorgonian coral and a Trumpetfish; top right: a sponge vase; bottom left: stovepipe sponge; and bottom right: French Angelfish.

Our afternoon dive was at the Yellow Submarine site north of the Kralendijk pier. There is also a Dive Friends facility here. In fact, when we arrived, there was a rescue course being conducted and a blackboard sign at the entry had the message "Rescue course in progress - no need for any assistance here."

Like two days ago, the visibility was very good and the fish plentiful Top left: Filefish; top right: Blue-striped Grunt; bottom left: Frogfish. The dive shop folks told us where to find him - because of his small size and bright yellow color they named him "Tweety." Frogfish are pretty rare and hard to spot since they rarely move around.

During our morning dive I had some fun taking photos of Linda's reflection in my rearview mirror (scroll down).

Social feather duster worm: Linda and I have seen many single feather duster worms before but this is the first time we saw a collection of this worms. The feather duster part filters the food that comes by and the duster can quickly withdraw into the tube and out of site.

We saw this collection of feather duster worms during our morning dive at the Pink Beach site.

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