Passage Island
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Fri 5 Jul 2019 23:57
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Passage Island aka Ile de
Pass
 Today we headed to Passage Island. The journey began with
us both in hysterics. Bobby came too. I took a video of our guardian bird and
now dear friend riding on the outboard engine, that was until Bear went at top
speed (purely to get up on the plane for fuel economy). We had shallow water
from quite a long way off in a beautiful blue. Yes, Bobby came too, on the wing
and he circled above then flew back to his usual evening perch, on the duogen to
watch us shower.........
 Ile de Pass
(red arrow) on the map of the atoll.
 Such a pretty island and as we bimbled on the seaward side our
feet sunk nine inches or so in the soft, soft sand. The sea was quite choppy
with a stiff breeze and as Bear didn’t fancy fighting to snorkel – nothing for
it but to collect some bin liners from Baby Beez and get
busy.
 We saw the biggest
hermit crab we have ever seen............
 ...... but somehow he still managed to
close himself up into a tight ball, legs becoming his
armour shield.
 Looking across the
atoll to Anglaise (right) and Boddam (left).
 The sky was a bit
more foreboding over Pepe’s and Bear’s Islands.
  After filling three bin liners we
headed back toward Fouquet to drop our load. A rainbow in
the clouds.
 A lovely
sky as we arrived back home. It started to rain heavily at a quarter past
nine and carried on for most of the night.
ALL IN ALL SUCH GORGEOUS SOFT
SAND
AND A VERY HIGH
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