The wifi connection here at the hotel leaves a lot to be desired, so updates are not going t be forthcoming, but Kristy and I are still alive and well in the Dominican Republic.

Today’s post title is attributable to me.  We went snorkelling today, and not only did I avoid losing my snorkel in terror, I actually did pretty well at it.  I’ll give more details later because the trip deserves its own post, but during the past week I taught myself not just to snorkel properly, but even how to “free dive” by sealing the snorkel with my tongue while underwater.  On our third of three snorkels today, a school of bright blue and purple fish about the size of my hand swam below us, and I couldn’t resist giving it a shot.  Tongue in the snorkel, bend in half, kick, and I had joined the school!  Kristy hung above watching, and when I surfaced (after some spluttering) the best I could do to express my astonishment was to exclaim, as above, “I was a fish!”

So exciting.  Snorkelling today was one of the most exciting things I’ve done in quite a while.