It is another sunny, warm, and breezy day in Port Ghalib. We are enjoying the moderate temps during the day and the slightly cooler temps in the evening. It’s about 79 degrees during the day and getting down to 71 or so at night. We hear from our friends in MN that it is snowing there.
We finally went scuba diving. 🙂 It was good to get back underwater again as we hadn’t been diving since March of 2019. We took videos but have no still photos from the dive, so here are a couple of pictures of the dive boat. It was a really nice boat. I was particularly thankful for the hot shower on board as my lips were blue after the first dive and I was shivering quite a bit. (This tends to happen to me, so nothing new.) The people working on the boat were absolutely *wonderful*!! We met a quartet of divers from Sweden. They were super nice and very funny.
Our other big news is that we finally have a dinghy and a motor. 🙂 It would seem that we purchased the only two-stroke *short shaft* motor in the country. Seriously, it took a long time to find one with a short shaft.
The dinghy is “home made.” For real. By this we mean that we paid someone to make one for us based on our specifications. It is not a standard brand. We knew this was risky, but we had reached the point where we were borderline desperate for a dinghy and the price was right. It turned out sort of okay. We will have to make some changes, but we will use it.
But we think she will float and she is the right size so we will live with it. We are not allowed to put her in the water until we leave the port, which is why I say “we think” she will float. She looks sturdy enough.
Port Ghalib was clearly built with an eye towards expansion. This creates a very nice path for running. One simply follows the water along the structures they have built, such as you see in the following pictures:
We haven’t shared many pictures of the landscape. This is the road I use to walk to the small stores for groceries:
This will be our last night at the marina. We will be eating at our favorite restaurant again tonight. Speaking of eating, here are some food pics:
So happy you now have a dhingy! 🤞that she floats! That sundae looked huge!
The sundae was actually quite small, especially for Michael, who can eat an entire carton of ice cream in three sittings. 🤣🤣
Hope the dinghy will suit your needs, and most importantly float. So glad to hear you have been able to enjoy your time in this port! Safe travels as you set out once again! The weather sounds magnificent!
In the teens here in MN this weekend- brrrrr. Up to 30 this afternoon.
Yes, we hear that it has been quite cold. It is getting chillier here too. Only 75 degrees now. Hee hee!!
My son lives in New York. They had 40″ of snow in one storm last week! I have never experienced that.
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