Friday morning we took off to the Southampton Fairmont. Sven and Charity wanted to see the grounds since they were offered jobs (which they turned down over a year ago) working there. Uh, hello? You said no to Bermuda? We sure would visit them often if they moved there :)
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| Our ship next to the other cruise ship - View from Fairmont |
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| Sven & Charity at the Fairmont |
Bermuda Church Bay is the most popular small piece of
beach on Bermuda's south shore . Its deep pink sands are a unique site
that attracts the visitors, while a line of offshore reefs make this
beach a remarkable swimming and snorkeling area . Even a variety of
colorful coral makes up the reef which draws all kinds of marine life
for visitors to view in the water .
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| Church Bay - Aerial |
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| Church Bay |
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| Charity @ Church Bay |
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| Matt's Swimming Hole |
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| Church Bay has a reef close to shore which made it ideal for snorkeling |
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| Looking for sea glass to take home to the kids |
Luckily Sven wanted to see one more beach. My thought was that it didn't get any better. I was wrong. I think we all decided that Jobson's Cove was one of the best beaches we had seen.
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| Jobson's Cove |
Jobsons Cove is a beautiful and secluded small beach surrounded by cliffs all around and is completely separated from the sea. The enormous rocks made of limestone and hardened volcanic lava along with the coral reefs keep the waves inside the Jobson's
cove quite low. The water is extremely calm and shallow making this
beach perfect for swimming and snorkeling. Charity witnessed first hand the sand producing skill of the parrot
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| Jobson's Cove - aerial |
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| Parrotfish |
Parrotfish use their beaks to nip pieces of large algae and to scrape
algae and other encrusting organisms such as sponges from rocky bottoms.
In the process they ingest large quantities of rock and coral, which is
ground to a fine powder by highly specialized teeth in their throats.
They then void the ground-up rock and coral, thus creating sand. A study
in Bermuda estimated that parrotfish create a ton of sand per acre of
coral reef per year. Those swimmers over coral reefs have discovered
that when parrotfish feed, the noise of their teeth scraping rock is
easily heard.
We ended our day with an amazing sushi and sake dinner topped off by the chocoholic buffet. Then a cheesy 'Get Down Tonight' show. But great encore with Sinan.
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