After the excitement of 'wrestling' gators and anacondas I decided that a bit of time by the coast would be a good idea - a chance to relax a while and so together with Inge & Caroline (Belgium) and Roger (Switzerland) I headed north to Tucacas.

Tucacas is one of two coastal towns that face out to the Marine National Park of Morrocoy. Obviously my plan was to do a few days diving here before continuing onwards. As it turned out the diving was VERY disappointing. The first dive had visibility of less than 2 meters and once we had made our way around the island to where the visibility improved, there really wasn't that much to see anyway. Maybe i've been spoiled by my other dive destinations, but the opinion was also shared by a couple of friends - one who had around 5 dives and one who had not dived for 10 years. So as it was, 1 day diving here was plenty for me I will save it for another place (maybe Mochima).

At least the 3 days in Tucacas gave me chance to catch up on some of the domestic chores such as laundry - much to the relieve of my room mates i'm sure :-)