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01.03 17:03.92N
61:53.08W
Continuing up the West coast
of Guadeloupe, there is a marine reserve half way up founded by the
late great Jacques Cousteau himself no less, and so we decided that we would
go diving.
I'm forever blowing bubbles!
this chap looks small but was actually about
A Conch, a kind of underwater snail famous
1ft
long!
for it's melodious shell
The pictures don't really do it justice, as the
fish were fantastic: some lovely angel fish, huge parrot fish, lots of brightly
coloured little chromis, a rather scary looking barracuda who lurked
nonchalantly in the background, and a school of large jack fish. At least
I think that's what they were - the diving instructors gave me the name
in French! The coral was lovely too. We are still experimenting
with the camera: and it works best with the flash on, I didn't discover this
till about my last 5 shots, so the colours aren't very good.
*New announcement for the little
Blue Blog*
Well we've done it (or rather Chris
has, I'm hopeless at this kind of thing.) If you go to http://www.youtube.com/littleblueyacht you can now view some
of our videos!!! How cool is that??? So we have turtles on there
from before, and diving- me doing summersaults, and Chris's explanation of why
the paths through the rain forest were straight. plus a couple more.
Go check it out!
After diving we met up with Mike and
Pam from Golden Spirit of Islay, and spent the rest of the day catching up on
the gossip. The following day we set off for Deshaise - pronounced De-eh -
just up the road, and out last stop before the jump to Antigua. There is a
rather good botanical garden there, so Mike Pam and I (Chris had something
really pressing to do on the boat) went to visit it. I like trees, as most
people know, so any excuse to go talk to some exotic trees is good for
me.
It's not just about trees you
know: they also had a very large aviary Mike
and Pam looking rather quizzically like the parrots.
with lots of quizzical little parrots
that you could hang out with.
The next day, we headed across the 40
or so miles to Antigua, and made landfall at Antigua Yacht Club,
Falmouth Harbour. This was a BIG MISTAKE. It's not that there is
anything wrong with Antigua Yacht club....if you are a Super Yacht, but
it's a bit pants for us normal sized boats. The pontoon was so high that
we couldn't actually get off Little Blue: we had to climb onto the boat next
door. Also, super yachts are so self contained that the marina had no
facilities like showers (very important), and to top it off they
were charging super prices. They were however among the most helpful place
we have been to so far, but the following morning we decided we were not going
to stay, and headed on to Jolly Harbour which is where we are now.
And Jolly good it is too, with normal sized boats, and proper hot showers,
with a nice young man named William who helps you moor up and then comes
to check on your boat every so often. The Customs and immigration are
enough to make it worth while coming here rather than there: the
beaurocracy is generally ridiculous in Antigua, but at least in Jolly
harbour, all the people you need to see are next to each other. And
if you want to see a photo, you'll have to go to http://www.youtube.com/littleblueyacht for a panoramic
view of the place!
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