Back in Vieques

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Our Rose off Culebra

We enjoyed a great sail over from Culebra with Our Rose stopping in the bay of Salina del Sur where we went snorkeling out near one of the small islands at the entrance.

The Coastline of Vieques is very rocky with lots of little bays along the south coastline that you can go into to anchor. We stopped at Ensenada Honda Bay for the morning and went out to the reef in search of lobster. No luck. We did find really clear waters and a huge stingray and nurse shark.
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Everybody we had spoken to talked of the bioluminescent bay so we anchored in the entrance. Jen and I kayaked up into the bay so we knew where we were going at night. Alas the moon was too bright and we did not see any bioluminescence. Shame.

P1050008 We returned to Sun Bay which Brett and I enjoyed last April. On entry into the bay Jen & Richard were followed in by dolphins so Richard jumped in with them. They just wanted to play.
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Once again a great anchorage and nice beach to wander along to get to the town of Esperanza.

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Before heading over to the main Island we decided to stop at Green Beach on the Western end of Vieques. What a beautiful place. The water was so warm, the beach line had lots of coconut trees making it look so inviting.
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The boys went in search of coconuts and yes returned with a lot, for rum cocktails. Our last night in Vieques was spent on Green beach with a fire roasting marshmallows, with our rum cocktails.  Richard can make a good fire. Great fun night ashore.

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