Monday, January 31, 2011

Our Private Paradise

After our epic journey, we had a much shorter day. We only had to cross over to Ithaca and locate Poli Bay, where we were going to be rafting up that evening.

We didn't want to go straight there though, so first we sailed up the coast of Cephalonia to do some exploring. There were some beautiful small bays, as you can see from our next picture. What a gem of a beach ...


And the best thing about it was that it was completely deserted: we could have it all to ourselves. And so we decided to drop anchor and spend a relaxing hour swimming and sunbathing.


As we got closer to shore I kept an eye on the depth of the water, both visually and by using the depth sounder. I was looking for a depth of about about 10 metres to drop the anchor. I kept looking and Milia kept getting closer to the shore, but the depth was still too deep for anchoring. It was most bizarre. It was only when it seemed that we surely must run aground that the depth suddenly dropped off.

We dropped the anchor and it held, just in time. As we went snorkelling, we discovered there was a very sudden increase in depth very close to the shore. The seabed simply dropped away. It was a great spot for swimming with the colourful local fish. We'd already got Greek salad for lunch so we didn't need to catch any fish. It was their lucky day. 

Lots of love Eddie, George & Yorkie xxx 

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