Sunday, January 4, 2009

hello all and good day Bob

We are having a great time with very warm temperatures and warm but not hot nights. At 9:00 am it was 29 degrees but a light breeze. We are anchored off Orient Beach and yesterday swam to shore with aid of flippers and snorkels. No reef to explore but did see a sting ray and a large star fish. When we got to the beach it was a beautiful couple miles of white sand dotted by resorts each with their distinctive coloured umbrellas to identify one from the next. Yes Orient Beach is the nude beach and
we walked through with all our clothes firmly in place. Quite an interesting walk lots to see and some you wished you didn't see. We will spend one more night here before going to Grand Case. That is another beach with more snorkeling and a town near by. We will be needing provisions.. the beer is running low. There is also a street party there on Tuesday that we will try to catch.

For the first couple days we were anchored off Tintamar Island and we swam to shore and explored the uninhabited island. There were a lot of gorgeous boats anchored there but then a couple of old wrecks too.

As we sit here this AM we are unable to get a signal for sending or receiving mail so when this actually can be sent is unknown but it Sunday Morning Jan 4th. Lorna

Brian here. Funny thing about being on Orient Beach, there are a lot of people who distain the use of clothing or bathing suits. It seems they want to tempt the ravages of the sun on their skin. Some observations, size doesn't matter, and I mean in everything, you see them all. I don't think I am in such bad shape after all. I have come to the same conclusion I had years ago concerning Skin Magazines and that is that people in general and women in particular are far more interesting with some
clothes on! What a beautiful place! Turquoise water, white sand beach, green mountains, it's 11:10 A.M. and 30.6C, sun beaming down from a clear blue sky, some cotton batten clouds wisping by, a gentle roll to the boat...to quote a famous blogger..."the hell here never ends!!"