We are still anchored off Banedup in the Holandes Cays, San Blas - it is a picture perfect paradise anchorage.
Jonny started his birthday with a pancake breakfast followed by a visit to Christine Anne for coffee and morning tea (a birthday cake that Chris had made for Jonny at sea yesterday but that had gone wrong when they had been hit by a wave so she was making another for tonight). Whilst we were there a local Kuna man came by to show us his molas so Karen from Red Herring and Brendan from Sunchaser also came over to look. I was very restrained and only bought one!!
After Christine Anne we made a picnic and took it to the beach. Just after we arrived on the beach Edward from Vagabond Heart came over with some of his birthday cake from last week (some yummy caramel slices) so they made a nice addition to our picnic.
After lunch we took the dinghy for an explore round the island and then went ashore to fix the new dinghy wheels as the brackets werent in the right place. After fixing the wheel brackets Jonny wanted to try and glue the keel back in but the dinghy was still abit damp and we ended up with lots of glue on our hands and the keel wouldnt stick!! We tried washing the glue off and rubbing it with sand but it wouldnt budge!! Karen from Red Herring came to the rescue and drove me (because my hands were less gluey) back to Newt to get some acetone and then back to the beach. Back at the beach with the acetone most of the glue came off much to the amusement of our spectators! We had to leave the dinghy on the beach for the glue to dry and get a lift back to Newt with Red herring to make our contribution for the Pot Luck dinner (bring whatever you were going to have for tea to the beach to share with everyone) on the beach.
We had a great night on the beach. We had cooked our Mahi Mahi catch from the trip here and it went down well. Chris had made a cake for Jonny and added candles and sparklers. Jim (from Balu, Irish boat) had brought his guitar ashore and kept us all entertained.
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