" A LADY TRIP " sailing around the world and avoiding the recession, (presently in the " San Blas Islands " )
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Thu 21 Jan 2010 13:17
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WEDNESDAY 20th JANUARY 2010
08.00hrs TODAY is a very special day
for Aileen and the Skipper,
TODAY
is LEAH's birthday ( our daughter) and also NANNA's birthday ( Aileens
mother ) who is the big 90 today.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
08.00hrs Today here is dull and
overcast, but warm, so everyone jumps over the side to wake up with a refreshing
swim.
No sooner are we visable to the world, we have an invasion of local DUG OUT
CANOE's filled with all sorts of fruit ,lobsters , crabs, veg,
and of course the usual hand crafts by the women. who also paddle these
beautifull hand carved dug out canoe's
10,00hrs We weighed anchor and moved a
couple of miles to the east to another island, ( our chart has no names for
these) where we
dropped anchor and all went ashore for some snorkling.
Fantastic , The amount of beautifully coloured fish among the reef's was
wonderfull and the skipper saw a shaol of SQUID
swimming along under himself for a while. Thats a first for him, Never saw a
squid outside an aquarium tank before.
We collected a couple of coconuts and tried opening or taking off the outside
cover on them, After exhausting ourselves
smashing them against rocks ,and beating them with with big logs, we failed to
open them, so decided ( not to be defeated) that we would
bring them to the ship and attack them with a .hack
saw. Eventually, with " A LADY" looking as if she had
been turned into
a
friggin sawmill, we succeeded, and whats more , it was worht it all, the
milk was so refreshing and the coconut itself, yum yum
15.30hrs We weighed anchor and set off east
again in search of more paradise islands, we sailed along under headsail for an
hour before
selecting our next exotic island, which we duly did,
As we approached, Grattan says in a whisper, " oh , there is another Irish
flag here already " GASP ........WHAT
and
guess what, " PYLADES " our friends from college days ( Fergus
Quinlan and Kay Cronin ) who we met on a few occasions on our
journey so far. The last time we met was in MADEIRA , many months ago.
fantastic to see them again.
GOD, what a small world , There are about 300 or more islands in the San Blas
Islands, and we both arrieve in the same dot island together.
18.00hrs After some relaxing time and naps,
Fergus and Kay joined us for a social hello and drink on A Lady.
They are so interesting, always surprising our guests with the stories of them
building Pylades in the E.S.B. pole field in Dublin
Terry O' Sullivan is still suffering from welding nightmares , having listened
to them in MADEIRA ..oh I still laugh at that.
Fergus is writing a book, That should be interesting and definatly worht a
read , If he ever finishes it.........
20.00 Dinner was by
FATS . Starter :- Irish smoked salmon , prawns and
avacado...
Main :- boiled potatoes, Chicken drumsticks, sausages,
Broccoli, and baked beans.. Just the job..
22.00 We all had an
early attack on the bunks.
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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