It's not all work here, but we do learn no matter what we do or where we are. Sunday we did like so many Colombians: we shuttled over to Johnny Cay, about a 10 minute rough boat ride from the San Andres waterfront. You can see the boat in the bottom photo here--with my goofy face. The shuttle operation is both amusing and perplexing to watch. Starting at 9 a.m. ("Colombian time"), crowds of people loaded on to dozens of these boats one by one. Vendors with last minute beach cover-ups, water shoes, bottled water (or course)... Your group's name gets called, and you all pile in. Then you bounce across the waves, water splashing in your face (welcomed in the blazing sun, even in the morning), and then you arrive at a concrete pier, shoving in after the last boat that just dropped off 20 some passengers.
We spent the whole day there, in the water, on the beach, feeding the very large iguanas, napping... the usual beach activities (except for the iguanas). You have to stay the whole day until your boat returns. Everyone got sunburned despite our best efforts with 70 SPF, hats, cover-ups, shade, etc. You just can't avoid the sun here. Just about everyone was in bed and asleep by 9:30 last night.
Today, we're on land all day for our island bus tour.
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