Yesterday INTENTION and I had great fun transporting six locals, three men and three young girls, from the provincial capital of Sola to their village on the other side of the island called Waterfall Bay. One of them was chief Kereley whom I had met previously in Waterfall Bay. The previous day he had made the long trip by land to Sola and had hoped I would the able to bring sacks of rice and flour and other supplies with me back to Waterfall Bay for the cruiser cultural festival. But with no boat having been in Sola for the last two months the shelves were empty and we returned without the supplies. A few days later a cruising boat called MARCHRISTA sailed with over 400 pounds of supplies all the way from Loganville, Santo to arrive in time for the festival. Mark and Chris on MARCHRISTA were honored especially at the closing ceremonies for their special effort and contribution. I
If they walk from one side of the island to the other, it takes them about 12 hours but by boat we had a nice six-hour sail even if it was raining part of the time. They had lots of local knowledge for the passage around the south end of the island. As I had mentioned before this anchorage has two beautiful waterfalls pouring in to the clear blue waters of the ocean. They are having a five day cruiser’s festival here starting in two days. At noon I will go ashore to watch their preparations and rehearsals of local string bands, singing, and dancing. Currently I am the only boat here in the Anchorage but hopefully there will be many more coming soon. I again jumped into the crystal clear water to swim and snorkel moments after watching the Islanders paddle to their village in their outrigger canoes.
Love, Jim