I mention to Kikura san and Daiki san that I would like to go snorkeling before the night tour the next day. They immediately draw up a detailed schedule with bus times, ferry times and hints. They send me to Ida Beach.
Amazing what you can do with an iPhone standing outside a combini late at night.
Next morning, I catch the bus and have a wonderful drive across the island. We have brief stop and I spy a buffalo carriage.
I arrive at a place, whose name I have forgotten, and take a ferry over to the beach.
It is a truly wonderful beach. So clean, the water is so clear. Very few people. I find a shaded place to lie down. I doze.
After a while I feel I should really go snorkeling. I take my fins from my bag and find they are broken.
I swim, I snorkel, it is wonderful.
I take the ferry back to the place whose name I cannot remember. The bus is waiting.
About 5 minutes into the trip I take off my sunhat and unwittingly dislodge my mask. The bus screeches to a stop. The driver who had been all smiles, gets up and tells me fiercely to come to him. He is very serious. I realize what is going on and put my mask back on apologizing ferociously. No messing with Covid regulations.
I get back to my guest house and prepare myself mentally for the night bird hunting. What a good day!
Poor film.
The Quiet Ripple Defines The Pond 
Fascinating stuff, little blue fishes are really nice. We hear Japan has had massive rainstorms further up. Just grey here, bit gloomy. Heigh ho