A Couple of Golden Days

There is nothing like recovering from a hangover 'you could photograph' and being gifted a couple of calm days to re-enter your life. Drinks aboard the Rally 'young'ns ' boat Frozzie, the night before included too much salty popcorn which facilitated a thirst. Seriously, at my age I ought to know better! The arrival of dawn with slightly rolly conditions left me very shabby indeed. The Bloke was patient and sympathetic.

While our fellow merrymakers on Frozzie, Sans Souci and Songlines left our anchorage at Baie Maa for points south, we lingered on to restore equilibrium and enjoy mirror calm conditions.

Happy Days.

The crew was up and about again but celebrating the end of day with a lemonade.

The sunset had us mesmerized.

Having been recommended that it's sunnier out on the islands towards the reef and away from the Grand Terre, we headed out to Ile Kouen, a tiny cay surrounded by reefs providing protection from all directions except N. We were alone initially, but joined soon after by an American cruising yacht.



We went ashore to walk around the islet and admired a mother eagle who was supervising the play of her grown chicks from the tallest available shrub.

 

The foliage was almost like a cabbage.

   

Our first day in this lagoon was a glass-out and being accompanied for fivers by US couple Bill and Sue off SV Avante was a lovely conclusion to the day.


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