DAY 38 - SUNRISE TO SUNSET

First full day on the island and it's totally living up to expectations!  Was up before sunrise, sitting on the deck when I heard that same loud buzzing we'd heard the night before - it sounded like it was everywhere at once.  Could not figure out what it could be - maybe some kind of electronic thing to repel mosquitos or snakes?  Then noticed the sun coming up...  Snapped this shot with my little automatic.

Spent the morning hanging out at the pool, waiting for our new bungalows to be ready.  MUCH better :)  We were upgraded to beach-side bungalows within easy walking distance to all amenities.  Maybe having Priority Club Member points helped?  Or maybe Linda just has a special way with hotel staff :D

Set ourselves up with beach chairs and walked WAY out in the water.  The sand here is powder soft - just awesome.  We were only about chest deep when we saw a whole bunch of these yellow and black fish, some black ones, some white ones, and a few turquoise ones.  These fish are obviously used to people walking around out there - they were swarming us, looking for food.  Also saw a couple of black sea urchins - one small, one larger (about 12" spine tip to spine tip) and some anemones on the coral.  Very cool.  Can't wait to get out on a snorkelling trip.

Around 5:30 we headed up to the "Sunset Bar" on top of a small hill behind the bungalows.  We're on the east side of the island so this is the only place to catch the nice sunsets.  It was pretty hazy so we're planning on going back as often as we can till we get to see a really great one.

Once the sun had set, we were just finishing our glass of wine when again we heard the same buzzing we'd heard the night before.  It got louder and louder till it sounded like we were surrounded in it.  Asked our waitress about it again (her english was very good).  She explained that they were bats!!!

The "noise" on the video is not static - that's the sound of the bats that had swarmed into the tree right above our heads.  The lights out in the sea are fish boats - out for shrimp and squid.  There were more than 30 boats there by the time we left.