This is another sketch I did while on a two week vacation in the Jardines del Rey archipelago (Garden of the King) a number of years ago (see post on 22 January 2014).
Most of the drawing has been inked in and I will post this piece at a later date once I have completed the mother and child watching the boats.
On the Saturday morning after spending a week at the Tryp Cayo Coco we took a taxi to go to the Iberostar Daiquiri. Cayo Coco is linked by a short causeway to Cayo Guillermo to the west and it wasn't long before we were settled into our room and could go out and explore.
The beach was well groomed and the turquoise water inviting. The facilities while smaller than the Tryp were well maintained, the staff extremely friendly and helpful. The differences between the two resorts were like night and day.
On the second day we saw a diver walking along the beach and asked him where the dive shop was and what the equipment was like. He pointed to a boat belching out black diesel smoke called "La Perla" (The Pearl) and said that at least four of the people who were on the last dive with him became sick from inhaling the diesel exhaust and that his tank failed when he was down 50' (15.5m) and fortunately his dive buddy was close by and they shared his tank to get him back to the surface.
We thanked him for the information and decided that we would not dive this week but would go on two tours instead. I wanted to go and take the catamaran tour again and Ron wanted to take the sped boat tour with snorkeling through the mangroves and we had a wonderful time on both.
