Bonaire

Bonaire
BREAKING NEWS:
The Scubadooby creature has been off course once before, and this year there are signs of proof that this might happen again... Not so much off course though, still along the golf stream the creature has drifted to the Bahamas!
The creature seem to be more and more dependent on water, moving down from the hills to the beach in Bonaire last year, the creature now actually will rest ON the water when surfacing from the deep. It has become rather sociable and will be spending time on a sailboat with very goood friends and UW-creatures whenever up to dry up. Since this implies less WIFI connectivity, time will show if the Scubadooby are able to transmit signals to the rest of the world. The creature is still closely attached to new friend Precious, and hopefylly this symbiosis will result in images of the UW-scenery for landlocked creatures to enjoy - stay tuned :)

The Bahamas is an archipelagic state consisting of more than 700 islands, cays and islets in the Atlantic and is located southeast of Florida, north of Cuba and Haiti and northwest of the Turks and Caicos.

Bonaire er den minste av ABC-øyene (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaceau) - sør i Karibien ca 80 km nord for Venezuela. Bortsett fra et fantastisk korallrev og dykking i verdensklasse, er det ikke noe særlig annet å se eller ta seg til... en relativ flat, tørr og liten øy med masse kaktus og kun noen få sandstrender, altså det perfekte sted å senke skuldrene og ta det piano et par uker.


fredag 16. februar 2018

Leaving the Bahamas - for now...

Last day of sailing from Cave Cay to Blackpoint, with good tailwinds was a pure pleasure on the Exuma Bank - making 7 knots at the most. Stopping at Great Guana beaches photographing jellyfish and conch - not so much other stuff to see in the shallow waters apart from rays cruising by...
Doing a bit of beachcombing is not so bad either :) And hiking/playing around on desolate airstrips goood fun too! Watching the waves breaking on the Soundside of Exumas - and talking to boaters fighting the waves and winds from Georgetown we absolutely made the right decision not to head on.

The little settlement of Blackpoint was our final destination  in the Exumas and where we had to say gooodbye to dear friends, divebuddies and our hosts the last couple of weeks - Ty and Kelly.

Ty and Kelly - thank you so much for your friendship and hospitality, this has been an adventure we will never forget. Introducing us to the joy of sailing, sharing your Willemsadventure and hanging around with you guys is absolutely AWESOME! Absolutely heartbreaking to leave you there on your own. But we feel confident that Sea Smoke will take good care of you for the next months :)

We love diving, but sailing is not so bad either... Feeling the freedom and speed made by silent windpower just can't be described well enough. As we left Blackpoint yesterday watching the Exuma chain of cays and islands from a small aircraft - this is truly paradise on earth. One astronaut descrided these islands with shades of blue, green and white as the prettiest sight on earth observed from space. Agreed.




























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