Curacao

Saw just one queen conch on the night before dive. There was a over turned conch shore dive next morning . Went down to turn it over and spotted a very satisfied octopus next to the shell. It started to climb back in to get the last morsel when it saw that I was hanging around. Eventually the octopus climbed completely in and over the whole conch. We saw octopus every night dive and squid almost every day shore dive off Breezes in Curacao. Boat dives with Ocean Encounters were varied and well done also. Third vacation on island

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