TIDEPOOLS AND TADPOLES

There aren't going to be any tadpoles in today's blog, though you might see a tiny fish or two, I just liked the alliteration of the title. 

We went back to my "take a walk" beach today, because I wanted to get a few more treasures to pretend I'm going to make into jewelry. 

John isn't feeling too well -- tummy upset -- but he didn't want to be left at the hotel either, so he agreed to go walk with me, even though he finds beachcombing incredibly boring. 

However, there was something for everyone today.  I got a bunch of tiny branch coral, which is white and bleached out, but I like it anyway and I know I didn't kill any animals to get it.  So that made me happy.  This particular beach has few access points and is along a road where there is no parking, so it doesn't get a lot of heavy use. 

It alternates sandy beaches and lava flow areas that are under water enough of the time that coral is growing on them and there are cool things in the tidepools.  I'm uploading a video of these guys, which it took me a long time to convince John were animals and not seaweed. 

Again, I apologize for the poor quality of the video, but if I put it on the good quality, the file is too big and it won't upload.

Another charming thing on the beach was this lovely girl who was getting her picture taken and allowed us to take it too. 

I'm not sure what this was for, they are pretty sexy poses (more than just what I took).  Maybe she has a killer facebook page. 


And finally, on the way back we walked through one of the little parks and discovered that there is a beach walkway that connects the two parks. 

Near the second park we looked down from the walkway (about 10 feet down) and saw these people with whatever their catch.   
They told us they are sea cucumbers and that you cut them up, add onions, soy sauce, vinegar, let it ferment for a day and eat them raw.  It sounds kind of good, though probably doesn't meet my standards of not eating raw fish.  The people were really friendly.