The first full day on the boat included sailing, kayaking, snorkeling, exploring, fine dining, and relaxing. We found this little guy on our first exploring hike.
The first of several gorgeous deserted beaches.
Bring on the selfies.
It was often a little cloudy in the mornings, but then it always cleared up for lots of sunshine.
This was a rocky and fun expedition. A sort of funny, but also quite embarrassing thing happened as we came around the corner from the rock. It was a little way to paddle back to the boat, but we could see them pretty clearly and we wanted them to see us and see that we had hiked back around the island. So we each started waving our arms in a joyous greeting.
What we had forgotten was the safety briefing we'd been given that very morning at breakfast. Roly told us that if we want the dinghy to come to pick us up from the shore, we wave one arm. They would have eyes on us. If there was a problem-- danger or injury-- we should wave both arms and they would get to us FAST.
Well, there we were waving at them with all our energy, and what happened? Roly leaped into the dingy and sped at top speed towards us. We realized our mistake and gave lots of thumbs up and okay signs to send him back. Clearly, we were inexperienced in the ways of luxury sailing!
The view of the boat from the kayak as we paddled back.
James, Andrea, and Roly were the scuba divers. Often when they dived, we snorkeled.
Abe's whole life has led to
THIS moment. Months of curating and listening to his "Abe's Yacht Rock Plus" playlist created the perfect soundtrack to our adventure. The crew indulged him by sometimes letting him play his music on the boat's speaker.
Sometimes this was my view.
Living his best life.
See that little black box by Abe's feet? That was his little portable speaker, so if the crew didn't offer him access to the sound system, he could take his yacht rock with him where ever he was on the boat:)
The ladies kayaked over to Happy Island.
There she is--
Happy Island. One man built it, starting with discarded conch shells. Pretty cool!
The man himself! Janti built the island.
So beautiful.
We found lots of lizards/skinks on all the islands, and they were fat and happy. But they were really fast, and I'm not much interested or helpful in lizard catching.
Our stopping place for the evening was Chatam Bay on Union Island. Andrea and I paddle-boarded to shore.
Sunset Cove looked straight out of Teen Beach Movie. This picture kind of makes it look like it was a big, populated tourist area. But this really was the only thing on the island. The next day we hiked to the top of the island and on the way back was ran into the guy who runs it-- he was hiking down from the other side of the island. The only way to reach Chatam Bay is by boat or hiking down. No roads.
Abe enjoying a smoothie at Sunset Cove.
When we got back to the boat, Roly and Donny introduced us to the pirate game we would pay for the rest of the week with the other two Tradewind boats. A pirate version of capture the flag-- literally, sneak on board and try to steal the other boats' flags without being seen.
To announce the start of the game, Roly raised our pirate flag, while Donny blew the conch shell. Oo-de-lally! How exciting! The boat with the flags by the end of the week wins!
The Jolly Roger
THE SUNSETS!!!!! Every single evening-- just breathtaking.
After the incredible adventures of the first full day, it blew our minds to think we had five more full days! How could we take in so much goodness?
The view of the boat from the kayak as we paddled back.
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