Six Days in Russian Bay
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Mon 30 Sep 2019 23:57
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Quick Six Days in Russian Bay  Wednesday the 25th
September. Bear spent the morning on deck with his sealant gun
attacking likely places where this (any bad language that can be hurled at the
problem) pesky leak could sneak in. He called me out when he heard the breaths
of a pair of dolphin cruising for fish in the bay.
 Quite a few yachts had come to Russian Bay
to hide from a big storm working its way up the Mozambique Channel and as a
break from Hellville or Crater Bay, this afternoon the clouds began to gather.
  Thursday the 26th. Three
o’clock this morning and boy, did it rain. To say our mood was low as the
constant drip, drip continues the Leak Saga. The pot in the picture may look
like it’s a diddy one but full to the brim it holds 1100 mils. We found it three-quarters full when we got up. The mood aboard was low
to say the very least, so it was a real treat when Kimi and Trevor popped over
to ask us to go for a dhow ride and bimble to the village over the hill on the
morrow. The rest of the day was spent head scratching and pondering our
determined ingress.......
   Friday the 27th. Ashore
at eight to meet Paul, our guide, Kimi and Trevore (Slow Flight) for a
very enjoyable dhow ride across the bay and a two mile bimble to the village
(own blog). Leaving the dhow, we went uphill, through
a well-used track to the village of 192 people who
live a traditional life and live in huts (one for
cooking, one for sleeping).
 The view from the
top of the hill was amazing, Beez Neez is the middle of the
three tiny white dots on the water.
 The village where Paul’s sister-in-law
lives, is over the middle of the picture. The trees
here provide much of the raw materials needed for house and boat building but
there are a few places that have been cut a bit too much and the landscape is a
bit bald.
  Nice to see a pair of bee eaters, an eagle and a chap along the
way.
 Saturday the 28th. Still
pondering the Leak Saga Beatie and Ken (Petra) popped over to invite us
to sundowners along with Irma and Kevin (Canace). A lovely evening and
I felt blessed and spoilt when Beatie produced delicious mixed seed crackers for
me. Deciding our cockpit was too small, Irma and Kevin said we could have ‘our
do’ on Canace.
Sunday the 29th. Once
again everyone made gorgeous snacks for sundowners on Canace and suitably fed we
settled to teach Mexican Train Dominoes. Such a fun time.
Monday the 30th. A quiet
day of chores and Bear washed the Beez waterline. Back to Crater Bay
tomorrow for Maria’s birthday party.
 ALL IN ALL TIME FLIES AWAY, WISH
THE LEAK WOULD
A BEAUTIFUL PLACE FOR
PONDERING |