We won a bottle of nice tequila, Tres Generations Anejo, at the Royal Belau Yacht Club annual Cinco de Mayo Celebration last night. We won second best for food. Everyone brought a Mexican dish to share. We brought Chicken Enchiladas and roughly used Karen Nelson's recipe and Mexican Corn. We used fresh local hot chilies. I always have Jim handle them since they burn my skin to a fair the well. He did a beautiful job roasting the chilies on the BBQ grill, peeling and chopping them for me. Baking the enchiladas turned out to be a bit of a chore because the oven on the boat kept going out for reasons not known. I had to watch it like a hawk. Yes, that is a rather hot task mid afternoon aboard a boat in the tropics. The corn was cooked on the grill so did not contribute to the interior inferno! People from international cruising boats, locals and Sam's Tours staff joined in the Cinco de Mayo celebration. A good time was had by all. We ate too much delicious Mexican food and drank WAY too many margaritas with friends. We were happy to wake up to a beautiful rainbow and no hangovers!

Footnote to the lessons learned from experience file: The skipper really must wash his hands before taking a piss after cutting hot chilies. Yes, someone learned a valuable but painful lesson from experience! Don't ask.