We arrived today at Norman Island, the basis of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic Treasure Island. “Spyglass Hill” is clearly visible as our boat approaches the Pirate’s Bight mooring. There is fantastic snorkeling at the nearby Pirate Caves. Lots of the brightly colored Parrotfish. Underwater you can actually hear the scraping noise of the Parrotfish chewing the coral. This chewing creates the fine white sand you see on the beaches around here. There are 2 bars here. One beach bar, and a floating boat bar. Today we went to the beach bar (we have bigger plans for the boat bar). When we reached dock, we saw an amazing sight.
Some large tarpon fish (at least 3’ long) and sharks (at least 4’ long) had herded a large school of a smaller fish into a very tight group right up against the dock. This group was so dense at first it looked like just the rocky bottom, but when you looked closely you could see the individual fish moving within it. It was basically a carpet of fish, about 3’ thick and 30’ across! 
The beach bar had giant versions of popular games, such as Jenga (played with two-by-fours) and Connect 4. We had rum punches with homemade rum that the bartender had made himself. We left the bar with the Jenga game booby-trapped in an extremely precarious state, where the slightest nudge would send the entire tower crashing down.
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