Pepe's Island aka Ile Sepulture
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Sun 16 Jun 2019 23:57
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Pepe's Island aka Ile
Sepulture, Salomon Islands
 Where would
you like to spuddle for a test drive. An instant answer - Pepe’s Island please. Off we went at five o’clock, wow, a
manta ray basking just below the surface simple enjoying himself, wing tips
appearing every few seconds before he headed for the gap between Fouquet and
Yakamaka Islands to play in the current, perhaps with friends. We may try next
week to drift snorkel in that gap – we have been told to go three hours after
low water. We skirted a couple of blobs of reef, a sandbar with onshore waves
and heading to the right, beached Baby Beez.
 Pepe's Island aka Ile Sepulture.
 Behind us,
Beez Neez.
 To our right, Bear’s Island (aka Ile Jacobin, beyond is
Boddam).
 Ready to explore.
 This chap was very
shy.......
 .....this chap led
the way.
 After looking at a lobster shell on
the beach, Bear went right and I went
left.
  I had all shapes and sizes of hermit
crab and some very skittery ghost crabs.
 The shady
side of this tiny island was the conference centre for hundreds of
whelks, snails and crabs.
 Appraisal I thought, but clearly
things got a ‘bit mucky’.
 This fella was a looker, very like the Sally Lightfoots we saw in Galapagos.
 At the far end, a reef spit to an even
tinier islet.
  Waves
crashing along the outer reefs.
 Made for a very
‘Pacific’ scene.
 This chap opened
his claws, ready to take me on.
 Loads of scuttling under ledges, loads
of these that look like they are wearing boxing
gloves.
 We met up near where we had split up,
paddled the last bit and saw a blue starfish. Then we very carefully followed
the track of a big turtle......
 ........the track led to a freshly made nest, beyond loads of baby
coconut trees. Just like Ile Fouquet the trees are
too dense to explore in the middle of the island so we contented ourselves with
a quick swim and headed back to Beez for supper and a shower. A very
good day, we will return here with snorkels and flippers before we
leave.
ALL IN ALL A SHEER
JOY
CRABS IN
PARADISE |