Independence Day Part 2
05 July 2015
Bill/ sunny and blowing in the mid teens
Here we go with part two. I'm posting these using our Iridium Go as I then use less of our expensive ground based internet. I pay a flat fee for using the Iridium so it doesn't matter how much we use of it.
As I ended the last post, we were on the bus headed back to Port Victoria after having been to the Independence Day party on the west side of the island. As we went up the side of the mountain that splits the island, our driver made it known to everyone on the road coming toward him that this was his road and you better get out of the way. As we got to one of the "hairpin" turns, cars coming the other way were forced to stop and back up so he could get around. The bus is not your normal bus but a much smaller version, but the road was his and he went unchallenged going up and down the mountain, all at break neck speed. Lights flashed and horns honked but everyone back out of his way.
The two men that had the fight sat quite a ways apart but the drunk sat down in front of us kept staring back at the other man. You could cut the tension with a knife. In the end, both got off the bus and we continued at break neck speed down into Port Victoria.
We got off near the Yacht Club along with the other cruisers that had gone. They took off for their boats and we grabbed our water jugs to get another 17.5 gallons. Once filled, we head back to Zephyr. As all ways, the wind was still blowing and the swell was coming past Zephyr making it an adventure holding onto Zephyrs side while passing five gallon jugs up and over the side rail. We were tied on but with a good two foot swell rolling past us, poor Puff was all over the place bouncing up and down. On the trip back, I again got drenched by waves that splashed up over Puffs side making another shower at the boat a foregone conclusion.
We got all the jugs up on board and then took off the engine and hoisted Puff back on board. It's a habit we have gotten used to over the years. Some cruisers leave their dinghies hanging off the sterns of their boats and some hoist it up along the side. We normally put ours on deck of maybe off the side but on deck is the normal. If a big storm comes up we don't want to have to worry about our dinghy or it's line getting stuck in the prop or blowing away should the line break. It's just a safely thing for us. Plus, I'd hate to come out in the morning and find her gone. It's our only way to shore.
That's the way our Fourth was out here on the Seychelles. Bus rides, a party and a nude showoff. Nice to see it's crazy out here like it is back home. --------------020605080309070500020800--