Bird Island Lodge

Il Moyenne -&gt; Sunsail's new base<br><br>We&#8217;re up early to get the boat in before 9am and call Neal at Sunsail to learn the new location for the base. As we head in, one of the Sunsail staff boards Monkey Puzzle to med moor us to the new floating dock.<br><br>Sunsail&#8217;s staff helps unload and ...

... The coral heads are some of the best I&#8217;ve seen on the trip, making for a fine snorkel.<br><br>Once back on the boat, we half-heartedly attempt to set a stern anchor so that we&#8217;d have our bow set into the waves which caused a substantial amount of roll our first night. Feeling we were setting it too close ...

... 8217;t see very much worth noting under the water.<br><br>This will be our last western sunset, but, more interesting for Lisa was her feeling of returning to Bora, Bora when the moon rose.<br><br>Menu<br>Lunch: tuna salad<br>Dinner: Grilled tuna with mango salsa, mushroom risotto, green beans with Japanese herbs<br><br>Mapped Photo Gallery<br>BareboatingtheWorld.com

... shop on the beach. Unfortunately, we arrived about an hour too late to take the afternoon dive. After buying ice at the bar, we head back to the boat for a swim and our normal evening ritual awaiting another fantastic sunset.<br><br>Menu<br>Dinner: Bonito tartare, cabbage with bean sprouts<br><br>Mapped Photo Gallery<br>BareboatingtheWorld.com

... some beer, lunch, and a short rest before tackling the northern side. In the water again, but, it&#8217;s starting to get grey and there&#8217;s a much stronger current. So, one by one we abandon are afternoon snorkel content with what we experience in the morning.<br><br>We&#8217;re off to our last anchorage in the northern island group and jump off point for ...

... in 3-4m of sandy bottom. But, then we wouldn&#8217;t have a great memory of cooking our mega-red snapper while rocking back and forth in the salon. All I can say to Lisa is --- sorry.<br><br>As you might have guessed, nothing was going to keep Marcello from cooking our red snapper that day. The only question was how. HE consider the grill but felt it was too small ...

... Garden of Eden. Deep in the granite strewn, thick rainforest you really feel eons away from civilization.<br><br>Finishing our hike, we easily picked up a taxi in the parking lot to take us back to our dingy and Monkey Puzzle to see what "fish" Miles was able to purchase for us. Were we in for a surprise, for shortly after arriving, we saw miles cruising towards on in his ...

... 8217; so he had the funds to buy our produce. Neal said we can trust Robert, so we decided to also trust Miles.<br><br>We took a short dingy ride to the shore for a brief walk around the port and a dingy trip around Ille St. Anne, a man-made island in the middle of the bay. Back to the boat to await Miles and prepare for our evening ritual. He returned a bit ...

... little problem hanging out with 100,000s birds on their turf. Guess it&#8217;s just the nasty, city types that I don&#8217;t appreciate. The staff makes a show of landing the launches on the beach as they ferry us back to our respective boats. The anchorage empties instantaneously as the day trippers leave for their respective resorts, leaving Ille Cousine completely to us. It&#8217;s a great setting for ...

... to shore. As we ask about fresh fish a fishermen is coming in with what appears to be about 10 small fish on a large metal ring. After a bit of haggling with the help of our new found friends, we buy 6 shoemaker fish for 10 euros and take a quick look in land for other resources.<br><br>Back at the boat, Lisa and Marcello decide to go back on shore to check the mini-markets and find ice for drinks. They return successfully having gotten ice ...