Monday, 07 April 2008

The family visits

Mie and Thyra

We were lucky to have a visit from Kristian (Mads' brother), his son Sebastian and the cousin sweet Mie. They arrived in the midst of very nice weather, knowing how lucky Kristian is, I am sure he had especially ordered this from the Gods when he left Denmark. The beautiful weather persisted for the duration of their stay in the Exumas. Afika was the happies girl on the planet with her cousin to play with the whole day. Sebastian who is 8 years old was a little abashed at his little cousin's constant show of affection but they had a blast. Kristian was immediately put to duty, i.e. cleaning the boat underneath and removing all the growth that had hung on for weeks thus slowing us down. The new diving equipment was tested and it was satisfactory (not too good, but will do). We picked Ingrid who arrived from South Africa and left for the northen part of the Exumas where Kristian had a few bites on his fishing rod. But they got away. And true to his style, he was ready to fish again. Not to be cheated, he went out fishing again and caught a few horse-eyed Jack fish. Mie was happy enough with the swimming and snorkelling but not the sand. Sebastian enjoyed the swimming and snorkelling and seeing the Dutch version of Adam and Eve, a couple we interrupted in their anchorage by coming up early morning and anchoring right next to them.

We caught some barracudas off Leaf Cay but they were too big to eat anyway. Cigautera poisoning deters any fool from even trying a morsel of an oversized barracuda. Mie was our drink specialist and dish washer. Sebastian provided the entertainment.
At Leaf Cay we found our own secluded beach with iguanas who bit on anything green mistaking it for leaves. This is where we spent most of our time, snorkelling and trying tó find a way across the island.

We left for Georgetown on the 24th of February, caught another big Barracuda, discarded it and went for the anchorage. That night we tried the 'Rake 'n Scrape', a Bahamain music speciality. Sebastian was the star of the show, dancing with virtually the entire club of Edies Edgewater Restaurant. The next day we had to say goodbye to our family who had been with us for 10 days.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Kære Selma
Tillykke med fødselsdagen i morgen. Håber I har en dejlig tur og får set nogle hajer og deliner.
kærlig hilsen til jer allesammen fra
Anette

Anonymous said...

- eller delfiner -

blackgirl on mars said...

Kai and I will be in Trinidad in July...will you still be in the neighborhood or back here in the land of the vikings?
lab

blackgirl on mars said...

Kai and I will be in Trinidad in July...will you still be in the neighborhood or back here in the land of the vikings?
lab

blackgirl on mars said...

Kai and I will be in Trinidad in July...will you still be in the neighborhood or back here in the land of the vikings?
lab

Anonymous said...

hey, there guys!

been checking out your blog, but haven't finished with it yet. hope all is going well. hope hurricane season's treating you well, that's the only thing that worries me for you...kisses for the girls, love to pm and mads.

thabs