Exuma - Waderick Wells Cays

Our intention is to follow the wind, but sometimes we do have to be flexible, if the wind comes not out of the direction we want to go, we either have to stay longer where we are or we have to motor to the next destination. That's what we did, when we left the Highborne Cays to got 30 miles further to the Waderick Wells Cays. The trip was peaceful and uneventful, but we were blown away by the sight when we moved around the rocks and entered Waderick Wells Cays. The world seems to get more and more beautiful the more we dive into it and emerge on the other side. The colours unbelievable, even if I wanted to I could hardly find any words to describe the colour range of the water, every kind of blue that you can imagine or have ever seen in magazines or colour charts - unreal!

Waderick Wells Cays harbour is offering us our first challenge in anchoring on a mooring. The Captain is approaching the mooring as you as the first mate has to catch the boje and then tie the boat to it. You might have guessed it already, the first time round I missed it, but second time it worked fine and we had a safe anchoring spot for the next few nights. We are sitting in a channel, and to starboard and port side you have got sandbanks. This time we did not wait long and once we checked in with the harbour authority, we put on our swimming gear and jumped right into the inviting water. It was low tide and we were be able to stand next to our boat, it felt like the boat was standing in the backyard, really weird. Our first night here in Waderick Wells Cays we made to a special movie night. I made some popcorn and we watched a funny movie, that I had picked up on the straw market in Nassau " It's not a Diary, its a movie", we all enjoyed it and had a good laugh.

Waderick Wells Cays has lots to offer. Lying on the beach is a humongous blue whale skeleton that got stranded there in 1985. They have got a Nature trial just like the one in Bimini, we explored it right the next day. Here in Waderick Well Cays Julia and Carlos learn lots about the Coral Reefs , Mangrove Ecosystem,the Queen Conch the Bahama parrot, the Bahamian Boa Constrictor. Julia already decided that she would like to become a vet doctor for animals ( these are her own words).

Carlos and Julia have got some new friends. There are these tiny little birds, that love sugar. If you put a little bit of sugar on your hand, they will come and fly onto your hand and eat the sugar out of your hand. The Park ranger here told us about this and the children love it. While snorkeling today, Sven found a little octopus in a conch shell. Sven did hold the conch shell in his hand and we were be able to watch the little octopus for a while moving in and out of his home. There is so much to see and learn, and that does not just apply to the children.

The swimming is fantastic, the snorkeling a la carte, the weather is a dream and the water is amazing, we even got Internet here, very slow, but good enough to emerge out of Paradise for a second to keep family and friends up to date with our adventures. Now I am diving back into Paradise, for some sweet dreams and we will probably catch up with you again in Georgetown or nearby.... good night and love and a big hug to all of you.