GLOVER'S REEF ATOLL - After a week's stay 'in the dark' we're back to the real world.  Well, sort of.  The week on Glover's Reef was a lot of fun, barring the slightly strange management and the terribly inadequate dual composting toilets.  It was nice to unplug for a week and we met some great folks - Knut and Jan from Canada, Leigh and Rob from Canada, Jay and Chilea from Canada, Wayne and Elizabeth from Canada, Nick and Max from Canada - noting any patterns here? - James and Jen from San Fran, Nancy and Sara from San Fran and last but not least Andy and Kate from England.  Suprisingly we met few Americans - and none from any of the red states.

These are the crap accomodations they force you to stay in.  Actually, we didn't stay in this but we were supposed to... remember my warning about the management?  Our reservation was 'mixed up' so we got a 'beach cabana' instead of an 'over the water' cabana but in the end it all worked out just fine.  At least we didn't end up paying 30 dollars for a cake   (Sorry Andy and Kate)



This is the view from where we actually did stay... not bad



Here is the lovely hut again... kitchen underneath and sleeping quaters and very comfy shady hammock on top up those stairs.  As it turned out the beach cabana had a much better kitchen than the water ones (and it was slightly less windy) so was easier to cook our fantastic meals!



Here's a shot of the cabin from the shore...



Back to the management... they've got some weird rules.  Here are some of the ones they've posted for your reading enjoyment.  I was really hoping to stuff a coconut tree in my pack to bring home.  Rats.



I bet you were all wondering how we did dishes on the island, right?  Well wonder no more!  The stingrays loved feeding on our scraps, we just had to be careful not to step on them.



Overall the island was great and I would definitely go back once I've explored all the other places I'd like to see.  The diving was very good, some of the best we've had, but the dive shop on the island left a little to be desired.  They didn't seem to keep much of an eye on the divers which is fine if you're experienced but not so good if you're new, as were some of the folks with us.  I possibly broke my hand pulling the girls equipment out of the water, while the captain and crew were content to sit idly by and watch.  Usually that's their job!  The one glowing review I can give is that the equipment was first rate and they give you a dive computer - which you'll need since they don't pay any attention to you in the water.

Here's how we got on and off the island...



The best part of the island besides the gorgeous views of course, was all the cool folks we met.  We continued to see many of them after we left the island and it looks like we'll run into some of them again either along our journey or when we get back to the states!  That's all I've got... it was so long ago (2 weeks) I can't remember what I was going to write.

 

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