Puerto Mosquito

Fortuitously the outfit that I booked our tour of Bio Bay had an office just 2 doors down.  We arranged to meet our ride at 5:45 pm.  Puerto Mosquito or Bio Bay has the ideal conditions for Pyrodium bahamense, organisms that produce light when agitated at night.  

There were 35 people in our group.  The two couples we introduced ourselves to were both from Illinois (Where are you from? "Chicago. . . Well we just moved to New Lenox from Evanston"; "Peoria- we pay your taxes.").

We outfitted ourselves with life jackets and were trained on kayaking. Then we were loaded on vans and driven on a rough road to the bay.

 It was Jim's first kayak outing.  Luckily the kayaks were open and quite stable. 

The night was partly cloudy, so we could see the stars and the luminescence. 

 It was fabulous. As you paddled, you left ribbons of light in the water. If you cupped water in your hand, your hand sparkled.  We were out for nearly two hours.

No mishaps.  Jim did well.  He was the oldest by far, and did better than some. The only difficulty was getting him into and out of the kayak.  I told the guide he was 77.  A little later he whispered, you could have said 78.

However, this morning Jim is laying on his bed moaning!