Snorkelling at Aquarium

We spent an afternoon off on Thursday, by going snorkelling with two other couples, to an area known as aquarium. It is in a very remote area of the island as the photo showing the road leading to it will attest. From the road, it was a 45 minute hike to a cove through a lava field. You can see it was very rough and Marlene was on all fours at some points, navigating her way through the lava rocks. The cove is an area where the lava had flowed directly from the crater right into the ocean. Surprisingly, the two other couples we were with, both had visited this location on previous visits to Maui, so why they would go back is a mystery to me. But we are not big snorkelling fans, so I'd better watch what I say. In fact I have only snorkelled two or three times in my life, the last time was probably when we visited Maui last, 34 years ago.

Once in the water, it was fun to view the fish, etc but this area had no colorful corrall or other scenery, just the dull colored lava rock. There was no beach to lay on and the rock was quite rough and evn sharp. I cut a finger and one of the others received a nasty scratch on his leg. You had to be very careful getting in the water and even while in the water.

On a more positive note, it was a nice opportunity to spend time with and meet two new couples, both of whom have served as volunteers here at Haggai previously. The one couple from Oregon have been here four times and the other from near Brandon, Manitoba have been here once. The other positive was coming home and sitting in the whirlpool by the pool and discussing our adventure with others.

Speaking of volunteers, the last of those arriving before Christmas are now here, and there will be 14 volunteers leaving before Christmas, the last of which will be us. So the revolving door of the volunteer family continues.