Hoffmans Cay - the Blue Hole

Yesterday morning we decided to explore Hoffman's Cay. One of our guidebooks described a Blue Hole that was a little ways inland, so we got in the dinghy and went to check it out. After landing the dinghy on one of the beaches we found a trail that we hoped was the right one. It was a 10 minute hike through the jungle and it was a bit creepy because everything was quiet except the crunching of our footsteps and the scurrying of lizards through the leaves. There was no doubt that we had arrived at the right place when we saw a huge blue hole (aptly named) at the end of the path. We were on a cliff looking down into a perfectly round deep pool. It's basically a limestone cave that has collapsed, in Mexico they call them cenotes. The trail led down under an overhang of the cave and directly to the water. Kevin was thinking of taking a swim, our guidebook says that if you dive down there is an underwater cave, but the water was pretty cold and there was a lot of algae. We did kick ourselves for not bringing a fishing pole though, since there were two huge grouper slowly swimming a circuit around the pool.

We returned to the boat for lunch and Kevin snorkeled a bit. Another Manta catamaran came and anchored, and Kevin met the owner John. Seems like we are all heading down to the Exumas for the Manta Migration, which is a get together for Manta owners (another apt name).

Well it is Sunday 7 am and we've been up for several hours since the boat is rocking and makes it tough to sleep. A front is blowing through so there's lots of wind and it looks like it might rain most of the morning. Guess we'll spend most of today inside, kind of like "indoor recess". Maybe I can convince Kevin to a Trivial Pursuit rematch...he might have a chance this time.