The bouncing around in the churned up water continued until the wee small hours last night, as water taxis returned visitors to their yachts after their night on the town. Then, of course, the obligatory fireworks display at midnight woke us. To crown matters, when we went ashore for breakfast this morning, there were thousands of weekend revellers and holidaymakers wanting breakfast too.
Deciding to explore further afield and to seek some tranquility, we walked to the west side of the island and what a lovely walk it was, with beautiful scenery, fields of wild flowers and a very picturesque bay on the western coastline, one we had thought of moving to in the easterlies, but they didn’t materialise. Regardless, it was certainly calmer and less chaotic in that anchorage.
When we returned to Paw Paw, the mayhem had continued in our anchorage, so we re-anchored once again; this time in an entirely different anchorage further north on the east coast and eventually found some respite. At least we didn’t have the constant stream of water taxis ferrying people back and forth to the beach. However, we still had the megalomaniac speedboat racers flying through the anchorage, but it was further for them to come, so we had fewer to contend with. We understand this mayhem gets progressively worse through the summer and as we head to Spain. Oh what fun!
Our day ended with a Zoom Family Get-Together, hosted by Elaine’s sister, Deborah, as we don’t have the best data connectivity while on the move. It was lovely to see everyone again and to catch up, but not before we both enjoyed our first swim of the season together, although the water was so cold it took Elaine’s breath away. Needless to say, it wasn’t a very long swim!
With our imminent departure and the revellers departed, we settled for an early, but peaceful night.
