Like most holidays on this trip, Joylani’s birthday was pretty mellow. She did receive a bunch of cards and a couple gifts a couple weeks ago, which my parents delivered from family at home. But today, she spent the morning finishing up her PADI Open Water course and then I joined her for a couple of shore dives in the afternoon. It was fun to dive together for the first time and we saw a lot of soft corals, which I haven’t really seen before. We also spotted a nudibranch, which is like a small colorful slug. There are over  three thousand different kinds, of differing shape and colors. Anyways, afterwards we headed to beach bar for a couple of drinks while we watched the sun slip into the sea. Then it was on to an oceanside dinner of BBQ’d seafood, before heading to bed. Being abroad, holidays and birthdays are always a bit anti-climatic, but Joylani said she had a good day. Just a mellow birthday on a mellow tropical island.