While Mom was chatting with a nice Italian couple we met on the beach, Alex and I continued walking along the beach looking for "hermies" (hermit crabs). They were everywhere and Alex had soon collected a small village of them :) The light was pretty good, so I setup the tripod and snapped a photo of us. Glad I did because you can just see the happiness and excitement on both our faces.
The best beaches always deserve a good float!
The snorkeling right off the beach of Pacific Resort Aitutaki was phenomenal. It was relatively shallow, but there was beautiful coral and fish everywhere! So fun to just drift around and watch all the colorful fish.