During Christmas break, April and I hiked to Priests' Pools. I would describe it as more of a long walk than a hike. Some of the sights were really pretty, though. I always love seeing the ocean. The Lord has really made such beautiful place here! I enjoyed the hike, especially once we reached Priests' Pools.
I thought this was a nice view. You can see Cocos Island just below the horizon. There really isn't much to it, but it's a nice little tourist trap:)
There were seven pools here in all. Most of our group stayed at the upper pool which was the largest. I was surprised to find out that these pools were really rather deep. One of the men in our group jumped from the top were you see them all into the top pool and still didn't reach the bottom!
Believe it or not I'm standing in this tiny little pool! The floor and sides of all the other pools were covered with a slimy moss, so I was relieved to stand on what felt like rocks at the bottom of this pool. After I got out I discovered that those "rocks" were alive! I had been standing on shrimp of all things. I had gone in bare foot, not wanting to wear sopping wet tennis shoes and socks the whole way back, and came out without a single bite. April on the other had went in with zorries and said that they had bitten her. Go figure:)
April and I were the only ones to go all the way down to the end of the stream? waterfalls? what ever you would want to call them. We were curious about the rest of the place. This is at the end of the water looking back. This was also were I had my first run-in with saw grass (to the right of the picture).
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