Day 21 – The Tides

A quick swim in the Indian Ocean before breakfast and then lazing by the Ocean for the rest of the day – finally a chance to relax and not get in the Landrover at all.  Our beachside cottage is literally 20 paces from the Ocean and we can listen to the waves lapping from our room.  It is a beautiful, idyllic spot with a palm tree lined white sandy beach – truly fantastic!  

In the afternoon we went for a kayak – not good at this lying around even if it only for a day.  The kayak was fun but hard work as the wind had got up.  It all went really well until we had to get into shore – I am sure the bar staff were highly amused when I turned upside down and landed in a pile of seaweed with the kayak on top of me.  Ian assures me he was coming to my rescue but by the time I surfaced I could only see him laughing! 

Excellent evening meal to finish the day.  Up early again tomorrow as we are back on the road. Hopefully our laundry will be ready - it was not cheap at $2 an item but they will have had to work hard to get it clean with the amount of dust and grim covering it all and at least it means we don't have to do any washing for a few days now.