Check out Sharmila’s Gin Smash !

This area is filled with restaurants and bars in the water!

You probably remember about me complaining about the seaweeds on our side of the water in the island. We had faced the same thing in Cancun. Seen from an airplane – you can see the vast spreads of the seaweed (sargassum).

This is a beautiful island surrounded by the reefs. (Check it out on Google Maps in Satellite image mode). I could not capture the whole of the island since I was in an airplane – but got the east edge of it. Just look at the difference in water colors. Reminds me of Eleuthera again!

Second atoll out of the three atolls in the Belizian Reef. This is where the Great Blue Hole is.

One out of the three atolls in the Belizian Reef

The romantic historical story would have been how we spotted a poor ship that got shipwrecked as it hit the shallow waters of the reef about a century back. The reality is that this 375 feet ship which was used as a cargo ship most of the time has been recently purposely sunk (after it outlived its purpose) so that corals can have a lively place to settle and grow off from and divers would have a fantastic spot to explore!

I liked the false historical story better 🙂

Incidentally, to give you an idea how clear the water is… the ship is actually completely under water!!

While flying to the Great Blue Hole,, I took this shot. This is basically the colors of the water around the reefs. As the water gets deeper, so does the hue.

Can you conceive of any shade of blue that Mother Nature has not provided in this simple shot?

What a beauty to sometimes just sit back and watch Mother Nature in its full glory!!