Hope Town to Great Guana Cay

We stayed in Hope Town for 3 nights.  This settlement was much busier than Green Turtle Cay - they had 2 gift shops on this island and 3 grocery stores where were were able to find the lone container of wasabi that I unfortunately forgot at home to eat with our 2nd dinner of tuna.

Each of the 2 mornings we took the dingy out to snorkel and fish.  There were a bunch of coral heads and reefs right off the coast.

Dan would jump into the water at each of our fishing spots and look for fish.  After our 3rd and final stop of the day, he finally caught his 1st fish by spear.  

He brought the fish to the boat where I put the it in the bucket with the 2 other fish I had caught earlier. He swam away to look for more.  In my attempt to keep the fish fresh, I dipped the bucket into the water to refresh the water and his very nice fish jumped out.  That was one of the hardest things I have had to tell Dan during this entire trip.  He was pretty bummed.  I was bummed because that fish was the perfect size for the Cuban potato/onion/fish dish I love.

We went to town later that day, narrowly avoided lightening on our way to lunch, and enjoyed walking around town.

We left for Great Guana Cay on Monday, were we again tried our hand again at deep sea fishing (over 1400 ft deep).  It took much longer this time, but we did bring in a nice Barracuda.

 

I (with help from the local guy at the fish cleaning station) was able to cut the Barracuda into several nice steaks and 2 nice fillets.  I read that if the flies came to the meat - it was good.  If they don't, throw it out.  The flies loved it - so we kept it and fried up one of the steaks for appetizer (Dan's dad is getting the rest - upon request).  It was delicious.  This was the 1st time I have eaten Barracuda and was surprised at how good it was.  Dan's family has been eating them for years.

We ended the day with a Mia Tia and a great sunset.