Jan 24 - Rainstorms starting from midnight, still going strong at 9:00 am. This puts a bit of a damper on sitting at the beach. It is still raining at 11:00, but I go out anyway to snorkel. Despite the reduced light, there is still a lot of color on the reef, actually not much different than in sunlight. The great benefit for me is that strong cloud cover eliminates most of the danger of sunburn. I end up going out for hours again, feeling the rain on my back. The two most interesting creatures I see are a large pinkish-colored stonefish, and a peacock mantis shrimp. The latter I was never expecting to see while snorkeling or diving, anywhere. Go and sit on the shore for awhile afterwards, nice to have a beautiful beach with no one else on it.
In the afternoon we do a walk around the island, though it is still raining.
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