Hanging Out with the Howlers (Scotland Bay, Trinidad)
After 11 weeks on anchor off TTSA we were more than ready to head back to the peace and tranquility of Scotland Bay.
We spent the next seven weeks happily enjoying flora, fauna, fish and friends. Many a good time was had swapping tales of adventure with fellow cruisers. One boat that particularly stands out is new friends we met out of New Zealand. They have been cruising for 30 years during which time they circumnavigated 3 times. They are avid shell collectors and we spent an evening with them admiring their collection. According to them the best place on earth to find shells is Madagascar. To say we were impressed would be an understatement. One item of note regarding this couple - they have never had a refrigerator on their boat - amazing people.
Others whose company we enjoyed were our very good friends, Robin & Sandra (Ngoma, Zimbabwe); Margaret & Brian (Gypsy Days - Australia) who are 15 years into their circumnavigation (only 10,000 miles to go!); Manon & Gervais (La Bete - Monteal, Canada) we enjoyed their company sight-seeing; and Jan & Max (Mambo - England) who were on route to Nova Scotia.
The bay supplied us with clear, dark, night skies, highlighted in November by the planets Venus and Jupiter and the constellations Scorpio and Aries. The bay was busy at night as swarms of bats swooped over the bio-luminesent water.
During the days we enjoyed the vast bounty of nature: white-winged swallows, kiskadee, parrots, oropendola, red howler monkeys, sea turtles, sea rays, sharks, osprey, angelfish, dolphins, pilot whales, pelicans, vultures, many different coloured butterflies and even a pufferfish.
We are saddened as we float in Scotland Bay's calm waters these last few days before we part with our cruising friends, to make our way home for Christmas. Currently, we don't intend to return to Trinidad next rainy season but we already know we'll miss the bay's safe haven and bounty of nature, especially the howler monkeys.
Hanging Out with the Howlers (Scotland Bay, Trinidad)
After 11 weeks on anchor off TTSA we were more than ready to head back to the peace and tranquility of Scotland Bay.
We spent the next seven weeks happily enjoying flora, fauna, fish and friends. Many a good time was had swapping tales of adventure with fellow cruisers. One boat that particularly stands out is new friends we met out of New Zealand. They have been cruising for 30 years during which time they circumnavigated 3 times. They are avid shell collectors and we spent an evening with them admiring their collection. According to them the best place on earth to find shells is Madagascar. To say we were impressed would be an understatement. One item of note regarding this couple - they have never had a refrigerator on their boat - amazing people.
Others whose company we enjoyed were our very good friends, Robin & Sandra (Ngoma, Zimbabwe); Margaret & Brian (Gypsy Days - Australia) who are 15 years into their circumnavigation (only 10,000 miles to go!); Manon & Gervais (La Bete - Monteal, Canada) we enjoyed their company sight-seeing; and Jan & Max (Mambo - England) who were on route to Nova Scotia.
The bay supplied us with clear, dark, night skies, highlighted in November by the planets Venus and Jupiter and the constellations Scorpio and Aries. The bay was busy at night as swarms of bats swooped over the bio-luminesent water.
During the days we enjoyed the vast bounty of nature: white-winged swallows, kiskadee, parrots, oropendola, red howler monkeys, sea turtles, sea rays, sharks, osprey, angelfish, dolphins, pilot whales, pelicans, vultures, many different coloured butterflies and even a pufferfish.
We are saddened as we float in Scotland Bay's calm waters these last few days before we part with our cruising friends, to make our way home for Christmas. Currently, we don't intend to return to Trinidad next rainy season but we already know we'll miss the bay's safe haven and bounty of nature, especially the howler monkeys.
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