04/15/2008, Tortuga Island
One of the fishing camps on Cayo Herradura, a little horseshoe-shaped island of sand on the north side of Tortuga Island. Inside you can see one of the many shrines to the Virgin of the Valley that dot the landscape of Venezuela. Clearly, there are no "services" here - there's barely enough sand piled up to call it a key. But it was a perfect anchorage and we stayed there for over two weeks.
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04/14/2008, The sand spit on the southern tip of Cayo Herradura, Tortuga
He must have been lost but he was still flocking. After that day, he disappeared, so we're hoping he moved on to find his own flock and is now working hard on improving his pinkness! Thanks to Elaine on Zydeco, our buddy boat for much of last season, for snapping the picture!
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04/13/2008, in Cayo Herradura, Tortuga
Most of the boats in the picture are the local fishing boats. The big blue shrimp trawler is actually a cruising boat - Twilight. They have a huge watermaker on board and were very generous with it, giving as much water to the local fishermen as they wanted. The fishermen were so grateful that Twilight kept coming out to their back deck and finding another fish, or more lobster being given to them as thank you's that they filled up their freezer!
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04/12/2008, Tortuga Island
One of the most beautiful beaches we've ever been to with silky, white sand and a sweeping curve that led to some boogie boarding. And the best thing about it is that it's far enough away from the mainland that it's really only viable for a long weekend visit for most of the go-fast boats. (We sailed all night to arrive there by morning, but since we stayed for almost a month, we had plenty of time to recuperate!)
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