Finally, it is a little dryer here. For the past two days it has hardly rained. At the party for all the yacht crews I met with many people, and I became good friends with some of them. There are two Dutch yachts – one with little kids on board – one catamaran from California and one American boat with two of my peers aboard who I already had met in Bonaire. In short, it is all very cosy. Yesterday we made a drift-dive (without scuba-gear), just by hanging on the dinghy. But with a current of about two knots, it seems like you are flying over the moon. Really beautiful. During this dive, we saw a small shark and a very big ray. The day before yesterday, I saw a big turtle with three pilot fishes at a depth of ten metres while snorkelling. The water is extremely clear and the many kinds of colors are wonderful. I can enjoy this all for one more week and then I will sail to Colon to put my paperwork in order for the Panama Canal .

Laura