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Trellis bay is famous (or infamous) round here as a hippie hang out - or rather it was in the 70s. It is now a finely honed tourist attraction where you can buy re-cycled arts and crafts at proper us tourist prices, organic bread and salads at proper silly prices, and buy your wifi internet time more expensively than other local cybercafés. It is also the home of the full moon parties, and Aragon, (just like out of lord of the rings (only not as hot)) local grown child of hippies, has made an art form out of clever fireballs and recycled rope hammocks, playgrounds and general beach lounging stuff.
The full moon party was good fun, there were lots of other kids - and luckily I had taken some face paints with me (if I had been charging I would have made a fortune!). Ellen hooked up with some other kids being organised by an older girl called Lizzie, Anna and I flaked after a few hours and watched the party madness from a hammock - very tranquil! There were a mixture of other cruisers, charterers and holiday folk, but it all felt nicely relaxed and not as contrived as the rest of the BVIs have been feeling.
We are anchored at the far end of the bay, in only about 1 and a half meters of water, just off a deserted beach, with orange starfish dotted all around us. There is a convenient bit of wreckage where fish hang out a good swimming distance from Double Helix so Ellen has been going goggling about 4 times a day, and even braved snorkelling. Anna has been squeezed into Ellens old wetsuit and went swimming finding it like 'a warm bath only not quite so hot'. I had an unnerving incident with the biggest Ray we have seen yet - I was snorkelling in very shallow water when a large shadow fluttered off the sea bed and swam into me - its' tail was about as long as little helix (our dingy) and I swam back to the beach in super fast time!!
Our other most recent big fish experience was while anchored near our friends on a boat called Exuma (with whom we had a couple of evenings of very good company and very dry humour). Ellen shouted 'shark shark' and when we realised she wasn't playing we looked and saw a b***dy great big fish under the boat. We peered in with our masks on but preferred not to swim with her (after Ians experience in Saba). The girls called her Tina, and she stayed with us until we left the anchorage! She even came out when called (if we splashed the water at the same time), and came out to welcome us back when we returned to the boat in the dingy!
One of our recent evenings out was at a happy hour live music thingy at a bar on a small island. The music was very US country (not the good sort) and the clientele very yankee. Ellen and Anna woowed the whole crowd with their dancing as usual, and we were pestered all evening with 'merry' Americans coming over to tell us what adorable children we have. Still - better that than people complaining!
John has had a birthday since I last blogged and with limited opportunities to shop we managed 3 presents (BVI T-shirt, BVI mug, and a lightweight waterproof). We also made a chocolate cake which John and Sue from Exuma helped us eat a small part of, and which we spent pretty much the whole day finishing! Thankyou for all Birthday messages - John was very pleased!
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