Friday 27th March 2015
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| Evening sky from Alfaro resort |
It is SO windy
here! 2XS is steady on a big fat mooring
and we are not rocking and rolling too much but I had to get up in the middle
of the night to rescue my washing. How
good are pegs?? They were holding fast
in spite of the whipping gusts roaring through the boat. We also took down the tarps, which were
threatening to break free and fly across to a faraway island.
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| Alfaro rooftops |
Today we are both
feeling better and we are trying to get ready to leave his sunny little
bay. This sunny WINDY little bay… But I
think it is going to be even windier Out There…
Last night at
Alfaro we had a struggle with the internet, a very nice fish dinner, and a bit
of medical help from beautiful Sharon, the manager while Jimmy and Nenita are
away in Spain. She is a midwife but
apparently there isn’t much call for midwives – WHY?? There are so many babies born here every minute.
Anyway, all to Pete’s benefit. She carries a little first aid kit with her and she was able to remove the remaining 13 stitches in Pete’s hand.
David and Jacqui have arrived in El Nido. I have just received an email from them:
David and Jacqui have arrived in El Nido. I have just received an email from them:
Thank you for your
suggestion of where to anchor in El Nido. We arrived in Corong Corong
yesterday afternoon after an overnight stop in Linapacan to break up the
trip. Both days were good sailing days with winds blowing over 20 knots
for most of the time. Has it been the same in Busuanga? There are 6
other yachts here and drama late last night when one of the big bangkas dragged
its anchor through the bay. With no-one on board, lights on and radio
playing it dragged down on to a French catamaran before the yachties could push
it away and someone was able to bring out the owner and crew from shore to
re-anchor it.
Oh goodness how glad I am we haven't been in the path of one of these great
big heavy wooden boats, unattended and loose in the bay! And that Jackster was safe...
I am going to
try to do battle with the internet and put up some photos on the last few blogposts…
And last but not least…happy birthday Meriloy!!
And last but not least…happy birthday Meriloy!!
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| Meriloy with Claire in Bicheno |
Glad you're both feeling better. Gastro is so vial!
ReplyDeleteA roller coaster of reading! Gastro, whale shark, 1D (one direction...!)...yes this comment is for several posts. I too would have had to stifle the excited need to flap about with them in town...not that I'm a fan...but it IS exciting!
ReplyDeleteI would be very interested to hear about Pete's conversation with the Kurdish man...