Thursday 2^nd March 2017

Paid an extra 50R each to upgrade from the tourist pirate-boat thingy to our own speedboat, leaving earlier and hitting all the sites before other groups. Firstly the ‘blue lagoon’, which was more green, was a great snorkelling area and I saw my first ‘boxfish’ like fish with massive fan-like fins, and using two front fins like arms to overturn stones. Loads of Sergeant-Major fish, parrot fish, and large shoals of unknown colourful thingies. 

Then on to two different beaches where the boat used a sand anchor and we basically either sunbathed or just floated about drinking the ice-cold beers.  Had a wander at one place to find an isolated church with a massive palm-tree beside it which must have been about 50m high. Ridiculously tall, and no idea how it could still be standing. Then finally hit an island with a restaurant where we ate fish stew and prawns.  Idyllic.

Wander in the evening down through town to see the market stalls, eat ice-cream and just take in the ambience of music drifting from bars, warm sea breeze and very friendly people. Could easily come back here again.