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There I walked into the same restaurant where they had told us that the dirt track was easily drivable and asked if anybody could help us pulling the van out. In the end I could convince three guys to come with me and help us. It cost me 50 bucks but with this combined manpower we managed to push the van back onto safe ground. But the day was over and we did not get to sail despite the constant force five trade winds. We found a little bay just before dark and spent the night there.
The next morning we found a sandy beach at the southern end of the bay and had a mediocre windsurfing session in force 4 to 5 onshore winds and 1m windswell. At noon we left and drove to the lighthouse at the southern tip of the island. Here the coast was very rocky but we found a dirt track leading east to the lagoon. Along this track we found a very nice beach with an outside reef and paddled out for a surf. We stayed here for the night and slept on the beach.
Wednesday morning we woke up at 7. Soon the trades kicked in with a side-shore force 4 to 5. We had a fun windsurfing session, which ended with a little shock. Chris was cruising during a lull and wasn´t able to manoeuvre the board very well in the light winds. Suddenly a large animal became visible in the water with a triangle fin sticking out of the ocean surface. Chris couldn´t avoid running into what very much looked like a big shark. He hit it only very light and the animal stuck its head out of the water to have a look. To his enormous relieve Chris realized that it was just a large dolphin, that wasn´t too bothered about getting poked by a windsurf board. The dolphin swam away and Chris sailed back to the beach with a face as pale as the beach was white. continue >>>
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