We all thought it would be a short stay in Luperon, so we did as much exploring of the town as we could in three days.  We found two local gringo cafes that had internet....Wendy's and JR's....our favorite being the later.  We found cheap places for lunch and dinner...our favorite being Robert's upper deck.  We had a home cooked meal as we watched Ann and Ramona prepare our food in the kitchen.  We were the only customers and were delighted to have beers, wine, and tasty dinners all for $1,175 pesos...which is about $28.00 in American money.  Mero is grouper, lambi is conch, and pollo is chicken and all served with salads and fried plantains!

After dinner we walked to the Navy station on the hill and checked out with Richard the commondant that boarded our boat the first day.  We were free to leave at sunrise Saturday morning.  And we did!

We arrived at Ocean World marina by noon, and Jamie was packed and off the boat quickly.  First some laundry and then he was off on his dream vacation..off to Cabarette,  DR...the wind surfing capital!   He had his eye on this spot since we called and asked him to join us in San Salvador.   We were happy he had his dream come true and look forward to hearing about his adventure.

Ocean World is like a miniture Nassau with swimming with the dolphin exhibits for $169.   The marina fees for us were $1.66 per foot...to much for our pocket books.  So with Jamie gone and a 40-50 hour passage to Puerto Rico, we decide to head east on Sunday morning.  We tacked successfully all day in 20 knot winds and 6 foot seas.  We arrived at a resort bay named Sosua and anchored near a 1/2 mile stretch of beach filled with beach umbrellas from one end to the other.   The mountain in the picture looks like a cloud.

The anchorage has no protection so we rocked and rolled throughout the night.  We listened to the  latest weather report and their was night a good weather window to continue....that meant 20 knot plus winds for at least another week out of the east!  Should we stay here for a week?  Should we go back to Luperon?  Ocean World was out of our budget!  Should we just go back to the Bahamas?  We opted for Luperon!

We arrived back to Luperon anchorage at about 1:30 pm and rechecked in.   Our friends on Toi Et Moi as well as our friend Sylvio on Avanti were surprised to see us.

Well a week has gone by and we are still here.  I caught a virus and was sick for most of the week.  Will has been able to continue working on boat projects as I try to feel better.  No photos of me in bed sick thank goodness.  We have had strong winds in this protected harbor, so I am sure they are even stronger out there in the ocean!

Looks like we will be here until the beginning of next week.