Clarence Town, Long Island
Lynn & Mike ..around the world
Mike Drinkrow & Lynn v/d Hoven
Mon 11 May 2009 20:50
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23:06.27N 074:57.13W Clarence
Town, Long Island
Long Island, true to its name, is 130km long, but only
about 6km wide at its widest point. It is crossed by the Tropic of Cancer and
like all the islands here, has a wonderful climate. The ocean is warm, and the
constant trade winds keep it cool. Not much happens here other than
fishing, a little farming and some resort tourism. There is a big fishing
tournament here later this month and I expect a lot more of the big fishing
boats (as per pic below) will arrive
 Looking towards the Flying Fish
Marina
 View out into the bay
We are anchored in the bay off Clarence Town which
is the capital town, but still very very small. They do however have a small
marina and a bar/ restaurant with Happy Hour - something we have sorely missed
since leaving the Caribbean. I will send this email from the bar later this
afternoon, where they also have WiFi.
This afternoon we met a couple we are tagging turtles for a
research project and I had a good look at this one - these are the same Green
turtles that we saw in Ascencion island last year.
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