Anegada

On Friday, January 14 we woke up around 6am for an early sail to Anegada. We had 15 to 18 knots of wind so figured it would take about 2 hours. The swell was big and Ian made me tea and toast before it was too late for my stomach. Luckily I was fine and we sailed on despite the bouncy around and the banging and clashing of items below that hadn't been secured properly. Anegada was a fairly flat and featureless island surrounded by a coral reef and many ship wrecks. Anegada was famous for flamingoes (birds) and underwater activities. We were keen to check out both. After carefully picking our way through the coral reef to find a safe anchorage we sat down for lunch and checked our supplies. We jumped in the dinghy and headed over to the island which was difficult to land on due to the number of beach bars that encircled every entrance to the island. We tied up our dinghy and wandered into the minimart. Milk was US$8 per litre but beer was only US$29 per carton of 24 so guess what we bought the most of! After shopping we headed out on a hike to find the flamingoes. A guy on a charter boat fortunately gave us a ride out to the salt flats in his hire care on the condition that we walked back. Well that was a no brainer one way was better than a round trip in the afternoon sun. Unfortunately we didn't come across any flamingoes just a salt pan. Well they must of been there at one point as I did manage to find a feather. We gave up on the wild flamingo chase and headed for the beach. What a beautiful beach it was wild, miles long and white soft sand. This was a truly wonderful place to be visiting.