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| Cristal beer and internet (expensive: 3U$ / hour) at Marina Cayo Largo. |
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| AH, best remedy for bad weather! |
Late afternoon, 21 February, after a uneventful sail, we dropped anchor for one night at Cayo Hijo de los Ballenatos.
The following day while finishing off the long procedure of the checking in formalities, a cold front started to pass through. We managed to drop anchor at Playa Sirena during a short break between the rain and following strong NE wind!
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| Delicious cracked conch. |
When the weather turned favorable, we eagerly sailed only 2NM to Ballenatos for diving.
Within the first 4 days, Jaco filled our fridge with conch, 3 huge lobsters, a hog fish for ceviche, grouper and a mutton snapper for BBQ and fish smoke on the beach.
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| Catch of the day. |
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| Too big for the bucket. |
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| Black grouper. |
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| Christelle happy with her new big pot which can take two lobster heads at a time. |
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| Cayo Hijo de los Ballenatos. |
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| Hog fish and mutton snapper. |
We joined a sunset-BBQ at Playa Sirena with two friendly Italian boats. Big driftwood fire, Cuban cigars, rum cocktails, lobster and fish heads (enough lobster for a small army) were on the menu.
When the Italians started dancing around the fire, we quietly sneaked back to "Songerie".
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| Beach BBQ with "Songerie" in the back ground. |
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| Day at the beach, smoking fish and enjoying the dogs! |
Whenever the wind turned NE and blowing 20 plus, we seeked more protection and anchored behind Playa Sirena.
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| Happy, sandy Coco. |
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 Warthog-Coco! |
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| Dogs in the shade of the dinghy. |
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| Luxury motor-sail- cruise ships.at anchor at Bellenatos |
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| Jaco playing with the dogs, throwing whatever we find on the beach... sticks, shoes or plastic bottles, always a big selection to be found! |
We filled our days with long walks with the dogs, doing maintenance on-board "Songerie"or smoking fish on the beach.
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| On land we play fetch with Coco, but on-board Songerie, Coco plays fetch with us... throwing his toys off the coach roof for us to pick up! |
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| Hog fish and yellow fin grouper. |
After a few weeks at either Cayo Largo, Cayo Hijo de los Ballenatos. or Rosario, we used the light NE winds to motor-sail east to Punta del Este and further on to Cienfuesgos.
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| Mojitos at marina Cayo Largo. |
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| Arriving at sunset and moon-rise at Punta del Este |
Warthog-Coco!
