Antiigua to Anguilla

 

Anguilla

is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, lying east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Saint Maarteens

Daily Update

• Weather: Pleasant, low 80s, windy at times
• Full British: right hand drive, drive on left side of road
• Mysteries solved: THB's earbuds are found by DB  except she found her own earbuds; and DB spots the missing red bathing suit hidden under a t-shirt in THB's closet

• The cruise is run with excursion tix and room key/personal identification

THB's morning breakfast pancakes with blueberries and walnuts cooked in and yogurt added as a topping 

Part of the first wave of cruisers to hit the beach via hired tender: 11 snorkelers xfer'd to a  speed boat, 56 to hang out at a local beach

Snorkelers aboard the jet boat 

One of the crew as we leave the harbor

the island is limestone, no underground water source, sparsely occupied; snorkel #1 a bit murky, some fish, 1 turtle; snorkel #2  gorgeous clear water and very few fish

Below: unbeknownst to THB was snorkel spot #2 skipped for an unknown reason

Snorkel spot #3: oops, no snorkeling, just a sand bar island for 1/2 hour rest up (THB had missed the missing #2 snorkeling announcement)

restaurant tip from Wind Surf tour manager: Savi Beach Club

DB's drink (neither of us liked it)

highly touted pina coconut concoction 

light local beer

great, not crowded outdoor seating; cab rid from wharf was $80 (includes a timed pickup, and the driver was right on schedule); $155 for THB and DB

THB has excellent Poke Bowl

DB has nigiri; not pictured - shared veggies tempura 

remote control flush (there is one at loft, we use manual mode)

hydroponic herb garden

After the jet boat adventure, MB&RF (our  travel companion, we met on the first Antarctica trip - fellow kayakers) 

Dinner: Just okay, no pics necessary

In The Something Else Category

Severance, Season 1, 2022, 9 episodes on Apple TV: if you make it even half-way through, this is a mind-crushing statement on the nature of working at a terminal for 8.5 hours each day, going home to your shitty little life while holding no memories of the work (or vice-versa) then getting up the next day and doing it all over again. THB also thought this was a referendum on the Mormon Church, or maybe it is just the nature of any patriarchal cult that is still going strong after starting up in the 1860s.  Binge watch, Season 2 has already weekly episodes..