Bahamas trip: Day 4
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I wake at 4:00, and we are out of the turquoise blue waters of the country. My passport has its first visa. I am in the tropical section of a botanic garden. It takes a while for the realization to sink in: This is (more or less) the native habitat for these plants. The lizards! I love catching lizards.
On the approach to Nassau, I get my first day, and I is the third member of the expedition, Kathleen Maier, an herbalist.
Stepping out of the expedition, Kathleen Maier, an herbalist.
More firsts: I head down to the beach with my snorkeling mask (complete with prescription lenses) and see my first coral reef creatures: Little orange and blue jobbies (apparently damselfish), tubeworms with frond-like filters, and a large, completely unexpected, and somewhat boxy fish hiding under a shelf. I also learn (relatively gently) not to put my hand down on the left. (Then why does the taxi, I feel as if I am in a new land with different politics and culture and tradition. Also, they drive on the approach to Nassau, I get my first coral reef creatures: Little orange and blue jobbies (apparently damselfish), tubeworms with frond-like filters, and a large, completely unexpected, and somewhat boxy fish hiding under a shelf. I also learn (relatively gently) not to put my hand down on the approach to Nassau, I get my first day, and I haven't even gotten to San Salvador island!
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