While in Caye Caulker we had the good fortune to spend a day with maybe the oldest guide, 73 year old gentleman, Juni, who was a gentle man in every sense. He made his own sail boat named Trinity, only holds 8, and he has been taking tourists out on snorlking trips nearly everyday for the past 54 years. He is strictly for the "oneness and enjoyment of creation" maybe the only such guide that does not provide or encourage alcohol on his excursions. (All other such tours boasted," free rum and cokes, as much as you want," on the way back).He surprised us with the best snacks and wonderful stories of his life.
We snorkled with rays which Juni just picked up and petted and placed over our chest so we could see their smiling faces as it glided over our facemask! We played with a large green moray eel, that entwined himself around Juni like a streamer - absolutely no fear. Huge fish came from nowhere and just attached themselves to us, they were most inquisitive to check us out. It was our first experience to snorkle and swim with several sea turtles and we found ourselves hardly breathing as this underwater world accepted us. In some respects we were transported back to our Kwaj days, enjoying the many schools and variety of brightly colored fish. The only disappointment was the coral being somewhat brown and dead, we were so very spoiled by Kwaj in this respect, but we are told the coral is changing like this that all over the world.
Juni shared his world with us and we felt we had been privy to a very special day, other tours may have been good, but ours was magical.
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