We started out the day by heading ashore and going for a walk. On our way to the beach we stopped at Nicola and Ian’s boat. They had just come back from snorkeling along the shore and said it was quite good.
Ashore we were headed to the grocery store. We just need a few items to tie us over until Wednesday when we go to Mahe. We didn’t want to take a taxi to the international grocery store because that was going to cost us about $60 round trip. But we didn’t make it to the grocery store because there was a large hill and it was quite hot. We will continue to eat the food we have on the boat and we may go out to dinner at the local restaurant if we run out. We stopped at the local restaurant and had a juice before heading back to the boat.
On our way back we stopped at Nicola and Ian’s boat again. They had indeed wrapped the dinghy line around the propellor and were trying to cut it off, but they didn’t have the right tools. We came back to our boat to get our swiss army sailing knife that has a marlinspike and a serated cutting blade. On the way over I saw what looked like someone swimming quite a distance out from the shore. I suggested that Rick keep an eye on him or her because maybe he or she needed help. He did and it turned out that it wasn’t a person but a pod of dolphins. Unfortunately I was unable to get a picture with my phone (camera is still dead). As the dolphins swam into the bay the fish were all hopping out of the water to get out of their way. I did get a picture of that.
The dolphins swam around, probably having breakfast, until some jetskiers got too close and chased them away. We sat with Nicola for awhile while Ian worked on the propellor. While there we kept seeing a turtle pop his head up.
Ian made enough progress that he felt comfortable using the motor. They only have the boat for 5 days so they were anxious to get underway. We quite enjoyed them and hope we can stay in touch (If you, Nicola or Ian, are reading this send us a text or comment on the blog.)
We had some lunch and relaxed before going snorkeling just off the beach ourselves. I tried Randy’s GoPro and had limited success, have a look.
Rick saw a sea ray off the back of the boat and while snorkeling so we had an extensive wildlife day!
We came back to the boat and investigated other harbors that we could go to but didn’t find anything so I think we are hanging here for a couple more nights. We have come to the conclusion that we should have rented a catamaran because they have a shallower draft and can get into more harbors. Live and learn!
We had dinner and a quiet evening.