Half Moon Lagoon

Wow, this has turned out to be a super fantastic atoll! We have started naming the different places that we go. One of the children's favorite places is 'half moon lagoon'. There is a greenish lagoon with a moon shaped coral beach and an easy walk to the outer reef. You really have to be here to understand though.

Now on the list of what I have eaten: First there was the pencil urchin eggs/guts, not so good, but everybody was watching and I did not want to insult the host. Then of course there was octopus and other sea creatures in coconut milk. And to top it all off was the lobster and coconut crab. The other stuff I ate is not appropriate for polite conversation.

We also found the home of many lionfish - beautiful fish, with these beautiful spiny fins. To bad we can't look up online and see if they are dangerous. Well I am sure that I would know if a brightly colored, friendly fish, with a pleasant name like "Lion fish" was at all dangerous. Shannon loves to hold and pet them. 
I told her not to but she said "Who would put a poisonous way out here in the middle of the South Pacific". Well tomorrow we are going to see is the spiny things are sharp by poking them into Shannon's hand! We'll let you know.

Courage