Up at 6:00 for Tai Chi on the deck. At 8:30 the Day Boat came to take us our for a day of activities. Only one Canadian couple on board so the four of us had the boat and day to ourselves with at least four staff. We went to a new island and climbed to the top -a mere 100 steps followed by a long trail created by water running down the mountain.
Next an hour cruise to a gathering spot for Day Boats and we went kayaking. We had a guide in a plastic kayak; we were in fiberglass. The guide took us thru a cave into a lagoon then thru another cave into a second lagoon. The couple went first at the direction of our guide. Guide was waiting for Larraine an me. When we caught up, guide led the way thru the cave. There were lots of rapids and it was hard to keep the kayak from crashing into cave walls. When we got to the other side, guide was grinning which I thought meant "wasn't that a wild ride?" The guy in the other kayak said our guide had made a mistake and should not have taken us in there. They thought the bug grin meant "oh shit". We could not get out. Guide tried paddling until he was exhausted but going no where. Finally he got out of his kayak and tried walking out dragging his kayak. We waited, wondering if we could climb out or how someone could rescue us from the lagoon. It was a beautiful place to be stranded but we didn't have much water
left and no sun screen between the four of us. Guide came back to pull each of our kayaks out. The current was strong and he had to pull while holding onto barnacle covered rocks. His feet must be cut. He was chest deep in water and we had to paddle like crazy but he finally got us out. Quite an adventure
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