Punta Blanca Island Day 2

Total Miles Traveled 1292

We had a surprise guest while eating breakfast this morning…..

I happened to look behind the boat and this crocodile was swimming directly toward us….who knew the smell of fried potatoes and scrambled eggs and ham would get its attention.  A crocodile was the last thing we were expecting to see, and we weren’t sure if it was a crocodile or alligator.  This is all salt water around us but thought there may be fresh water on the island.  I checked online and found that one of the differences between the two are when a crocodiles mouth is closed its teeth are exposed, not the case with an alligator. 

It swam behind the boat about 100 feet then turned to an opening on shore where we saw raccoons yesterday.  While it was swimming toward the shore, a raccoon walked across that opening.  The crocodile approached the shore very slowly and lay with its head just on the shore with its body in the water.  I held the camera as long as I could expecting some action when the raccoon returned but we sat for over an hour watching the opening and the raccoon didn’t return.  After another hour or so the crocodile walked out of the water and lay on the shore the remainder of the afternoon.

While watching the crocodile we heard another noise and saw a huge manatee surface about 75 feet from the boat.  I took a lot of pictures trying to get a good one but just couldn’t get the camera focused quick enough.  The manatee would only stick its nose out of the water a few seconds to get air then disappear again for several minutes.  Trying to watch the crocodile and manatee at the same time kept us busy.

The crocodile finally gave up waiting for something to come by and swam back to the north side of the bay.

We saw several different kinds of birds too

And just before dark, two dolphins came in feeding on the fish that have been jumping all day.  It is pitch black now, with only a sliver of the moon shining on the water.  We can hear the water splashing around the boat as the dolphins are still feeding……….what an awesome place to drop the hook!

Oh, we had planned a dinghy ride this afternoon but I couldn’t get Nana near the dinghy for some reason.