Thursday, December 10, 2015

Viequese/Culebra

Left today, December 10, for Green Bay. An uneventful motor sail over in two hours or less. Only problem was the ever reliable Garmin which conked out for a time but then got restarted somehow. Loose connection, I think. We had some Pain Killers plus okra on the barby with Lou and Lydia.....Bug.....didn't seem to be interested. Four boats in the bay, waters and wind calm.
First evening sunset....not spectacular but not bad. Nice evening. Can't  decide what is for dinner tonight, leftovers from Italian dinner last night which by the way was way tooooo much or the lobster we picked up today before leaving Palmas. I am sure there are at least two dinners of lobster there!
Spent two nights in Green Bay, one night pasta with lobster, last night leftovers from Italian place. A swelly anchorage and no wind to speak of. Today on our way to Rosario, Culebra which is on the west coast close to the ferry dock to Puerto Rico.
Well, we ended up on the west coast but in an anchorage with at least eight mooring balls labeled dive only. We asked and they are fine to use. No one here but the same boat from Green Bay. Anchorage is called Carlos Rosario Beach. A nice place to snorkel with lots of different types of coral and lots of colourful fish although once I saw a jelly fish I was out of there like a shot. On the other side of the point at Tamarindo Beach there are more moorings and a huge honey bee nest in the tree.
Today December 13 walked over to Flamenco Beach, the second most beautiful beach in the world. Took about 20 minutes through a buggy path and a locked gate but we made it! A catamaran was anchored there. It would be gorgeous to be able to swim and walk the beach but it would be pretty rolly.  There were huge waves coming into the beach while we sat there.
Last night a beautiful sky. Can't decide which picture to post. If you look closely, you can see a crescent moon. It was gorgeous. Today, December  14, we moved to Malones Bay just about a 15 minute motor and again more moorings at no charge. Dinghied over to the ferry dock and through the canal to the Dinghy Dock bar. We have had virtually no Internet so sorry to worry anyone as to our whereabouts!