[Password] brucelaura
[Position] 19 40.0S 063 25.0E
[Status] We bailed on leaving for Mauritious as the weather window wasn't
that great. Looks like Friday might be better. There are now 4 boats here
and we may all check out on Friday. Meanwhile, we enjoyed an evening out
last Saturday to hear some traditional Creole music with dancing. We are
amazed at how similar it is to Caribbean scratch band and contra dancing.
On Sunday the crew from a Montreal boat gave a French class to the rest of
us, followed by wine, cheese, olives and beer - all on board Neptune's
Highway. This morning we all had to leave the anchorage at 06:30, nursing
hangovers, to allow a cargo ship to come in. Once the ship is tied to the
dock, we file back in through a narrow channel and re-anchor. Tomorrow we
may take the bus to a tortoise sanctuary (think Galapagos-style giant
tortoises that used to be indigenous to Rodrigues but were devoured into
extinction by visiting sailors and have now been re-introduced from
neighboring Madagascar and thrived in the protected environment). We will
have to post pictures!

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