the rarotongan

After our usual breakfast, we headed out to the Rarotongan to snorkel. We'd heard it was a good spot, and Mark (Irish hostel guest who's been delivering sailboats around the world for the past 6-7 months) had shown me some cool underwater pictures from there last night, including a bright blue giant clam.

I didn't find the giant clam, but I did see a ton of fish – parrotfish, wrasses, butterfly fish, a flounder, etc. I saw a green moray eel, too – I think I like them better in aquariums! There were a ton of sea cucumbers too, of course, and more of the bright blue starfish. I did see two mini giant clams, one blue and one greenish-brown, but not the big one the guys had seen.