The first chance I got, I bounced off the sponsons of the African Queen and splashed into another world filled with life. Seeing the difference below the water to the barren landscape above those cliffs makes it clear that out here it is life and death. The desert and the world's aquarium. Under the ocean I was amazed at the amount of sea life. Below the African Queen there must have been three hundred fish, hiding from the sea birds that have made the island white as white can be.

It's all there! It's all happening. Life exploding everywhere under the surface. And it happens without us. Without a plough, without a tractor, without pesticide companies, without fertilizers. Nature. Simple.

So, it makes me think. Makes me think of the crazy monkeys humans can be to sink so much cash into forcing food production when if we work with the biosphere it just happens.

The long and short of it is not for everyone. Me I like the long of it; I like to know that protection and stewardship of our home in the middle of space allows for a bountiful existence for generations to come. Others like the short of it; to drag as much out of this place in the shortest possible time.

Maybe I'll miss out on owning a sports car with an attitude like this. But that don't matter, I've got the Esperanza to get me around.