Last night, we anchored at Deshaies - crowded port with lots of boats. we had a huge rainstorm and it was really windy. Because of this, everybody's anchors were slipping and all the boats were moving. Mom and Dad decided to stay up all night to make sure nothing happened.
Another catamaran lost its holding and bumped into us at 3 am. we had to push off the other boat with fenders (bumpers). They had to pull up their anchor at 3am in the rain and move. It took them 4 tries to get the anchor to set.
At 5 am it was getting light out (sunrise is 5:20) and boats were slipping everywhere. So Mom, Dad, and Grant pulled up our anchor and we left that port and headed south to Pigeon Island. After we got to Pigeon Island (pronounced "pee jhown"), we all decided to just have a much deserved lazy day. We were all really tired from going 24/7 (why we haven't been updating the blog- sorry!) Mom did laundry and we hung out at the beach and on the floats.
Grant, Lindsay, and I had our first outting by ourselves this morning. We decided we really wanted chocolate croissants. We took the dinghy and went ashore. It was our first time in a foreign country with no parents. It was also our first time in a foreign country alone that we had a language barrier between us and the natives. They speak French here and not many people speak English. It took us a while and we had to talk to 3 people before we found one that could communicate well enough in English to give us directions to the bakery. After walking 1.5 miles, we finally got to the bakery and got our delicious pastries!
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