Year 7 Day 197 Return To Anse Lazio
20 July 2014 | Anse Lazio, Praslin Island, Seychelles
Dave/Mixed Weather
The highlight of our day today came early in the morning when we spent an hour talking to our daughter Heather and Dan for an hour via Skype. Unfortunately, we could not use the video features of Skype that would allow us to see them while we talked because the strength of the WIFI signal was not good enough. However, that was a small point because just being able to talk to one’s kids from the middle of the Indian Ocean is just such a treat! It was great to catch up. Heather and Dan’s schedule this summer and fall is so hectic that this may one of the few times where we will be able to catch up to them to talk.
After the call we tossed off our mooring lines and left the lovely anchorage at Anse Petite Cour. If it was not so expensive, we would have loved to stay here a few more days.
It was only a few miles to return to our wonderful anchorage at Anse Lazio, along the northern shore of Praslin. Its beautiful beaches greeted us and we were all smiles as we anchored in the middle of the bay in 25 feet of water. This is such a marvelous anchorage with lush green hills, the sides of the bay lined with a jumble of beige boulders, and the three sugar white beaches in front of us.
As the morning wore on the weather turned a bit mixed with brief rain showers passing over us. Since we are not on any real schedule until our friends, Portia and Steve arrive in mid-August, we elected to stay dry and remain on the boat for the rest of the day. Mary Margaret and I took turns enjoying the views from our hammock when it was not raining.
This weather is so different from what we are used it. It typically does not rain for very long, just brief passing showers. Then the sun comes out and it is beautiful again. However, anywhere from 15 to 60 minutes later, another shower passes over and dumps rain on us. The sun and the rain wrestle with each other like this all day. On a day like today, we will get between 5 and 10 periods of rain. With each passing shower we run out onto the deck to close all the hatches and windows only to re-open them once the rain stops. Their hinges are getting a real workout!