Fw: Lamen Bay, Epi
Sea Topaz
Duncan Briggs
Wed 20 Oct 2010 02:28
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From: Duncan
Briggs
To: blog
Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 5:33 PM
Subject: Lamen Bay, Epi 16.35.740 S 186.09.753 E
We arrived in Lamen Bay after dark last night, not
ideal. We left Port Villa at 5 in the morning and motor sailed as fast as we
could. We had to slow down at one point to bring a big Mahi mahi on board. So we
are having fish tonight.
We went ashore and met some locals. On the way back
to the boat we spotted the dugong; we grabbed out snorkel gear of the boat and
joined the people from the boat next to us to swim with this strange creature.
It looks a bit like a walrus and walks on is front fins on the bottom grazing on
the little bit of grass that is there. This bay also has lots of big turtles,
beautiful hawks bills. The locals are very friendly they come to have a look at
us in their dugout canoes.
Tomorrow we'll move on to another island. We have
not decided yet which one.
  Locals coming
to say hello
The dugong (sea
cow)
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