This is reefrover (jennifer) here: I recently retired from a stressful federal job and am now de-stressing big time! Trained as a landscape architect, I mentally rearrange every landscape I view. This is my curse.
I got hooked on diving through a friend who was doing reef research at Akamal, Mexico. Since then have dove in some spectacular places. I love it. But snorkeling can be great too! I don't mind putting my mask into the mangroves along the shallow shoreline to see what's happening there. I once found an octopus living in a discarded toilet at the end of a dock in Belize. Very cool.
Originally a witch from Salem, Mass, I migrated west as an adult. Captivated by the desert southwest, I mostly live in Arizona and enjoy the high energy summer monsoons and fragrant winter rains. I sometimes miss my watery new england heritage, but don't miss the crowds or manic pace at all.
I am looking forward to our Bonaire trip: the diving, snorkeling, meeting new friends, and also some birdwatching, which I hear is pretty good on the island.