Now we are caught up to where my camera was chased into the sea by a vicious monkey.
Yet I find myself on a jungle island filled with photographic treasures.
If I had a camera, this is what I would shoot:
Monitor lizards the size of Gary Coleman
The ‘beware of falling coconuts’ sign
A ripe banana tree just outside my window, bursting with fruit within reach
The sand that feels like flour and leads directly to my door
The handsome dive instructor with a smile resembling a box of white
My sun-drenched skin now the color of honey
The myriad of hammocks
The view from the boat. So much jungle, the island looks uninhabited
A three-legged snapper turtle looking for food on a coral wall
Corals that look like puffs of Crackerjacks, huge brains, bins of jelly candies, fancy feather fans, antlers, big wads of chewed up BubbleYum
Three bamboo sharks hiding under a boulder, 20 meters deep
My new Canadian friends, eh.
A sea green spotted gecko devouring a dragonfly
The bats that flew into my room at night!
A turtle bigger than me! His little nub of a wagging tail as he surfaces for air
Island school children waiting at the boat stop to get to class.