Saturday 22nd February
We are now moored
off Koh Yao Noi.
It is VERY hot, around
40, but when we stopped…I leapt into the sea and now I am much improved…
Two high-energy
ex-farmers scampering around on 2XS…
Jeremy, from
Malachi, big sister to 2XS, came for a late afternoon visit before we left
Yacht Haven marina. He is very exuberant
and enthusiast, and lives on his lovely big boat with his wife and three
daughters (Phoebe, Harriet, Willow.) I
asked about home schooling and he said it is sometimes really hard, and that at
times one or other of the girls would prefer to be at school. Also, he said, they are loud and very active…ummm, just like their father, I suppose,
he added. They have been sailing for
three years; this is the life the girls know.
It isn’t necessarily a great adventure, or something special; it is just
life as they know it… They have had some wonderful experiences, and for one of
them at least a term at the international school in Phuket was a huge
treat. I think home schooling is very
hard on…the parents…
We did finally
leave Yacht Haven, in the early afternoon on Friday.*
And oh…the
viewty!**
On the way we had
planes overhead
(See above)
Jellyfishers
alongside
Tourboats of
various shapes and sizes.
And then we came
to the islands… We anchored next to Koh Phanak, with its sensational geology
As we approached
Pete was very relieved to see me taking a photo with a boat, to give it
scale. Otherwise, he said, people
might think it is the size of a football.
Umm…maybe??
*As we were
leaving and I was untying the ropes, I overbalanced, somehow and toppled slowly
but surely, into the slightly yucky waters of the marina. My only thought was OH NO MY OAKLEYS! I love my
purple-lensed sunglasses…I could hear Pete exhorting me to grab the ladder and
haul myself aboard but…ah yes, there in the water, sinking rapidly, was – my
Oakleys! (I want it on record that this
is the very first time I have fallen into the water, by the way…)
** Thank you so
much for this useful word, Felix (3½).
Pete says he has never heard me say it or read it before so I will just
say…it is a very good combination of view
and beauty.
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