First we headed east towards what we thought was a river mouth, only to discover, instead, a little cove with a beach, a restaurant and a “home” built into a cave; clearly a very rudimentary dwelling, since the occupant promptly sat down in a rock pool and completed his ablutions while Elaine was making a video; no shame! We truly have to question our own sanity these days, based on what we’ve witnessed over these past few months. Incredulous!
From there we dinghied along the coastline, passing a few more cave dwellings, enjoying the beautiful scenery along the way and water that was so clear, it was like glass, while heading back towards the anchorage and into the far southwestern area of the bay, where we found another restaurant, a beach with a pier and two enormous private homes.
After tying up the dinghy, we enjoyed a coffee and a less than delightful croissant served dry and rather old at Restaurante Cala Xarraca. That was our cue to return to Paw Paw and enjoy an afternoon onboard.
Elaine completed some administrative tasks that had been outstanding for a few days, while Roy ran the watermaker and tightened the port shroud slightly on the standing rigging after we noticed it was looser than the starboard side and then made arrangements for the rig to be tuned in Gibraltar, to be sure, to be sure.
Afterwards, we enjoyed another swim and a relaxing evening while watching the anchorage fill up again, after emptying out this morning. We were definitely surprised, though, to spot jellyfish in the water when Roy raised the dinghy; clearly that was the end of our swimming escapades and time to move on.
