We spent a large part of the day on the beach. The yacht's elves were again busy at work and by the time we were taken over, they had erected umbrellas, planted beach chairs and had all our snorkeling stuff ready for any taker. The morning was spent swimming, kayaking, snorkeling and a short hike by the beach and also on a path through the forest with platforms overlooking a salt pond - lots of birds and tiny crabs around and in the pond.
Then back for lunch - hard to believe, but this would be our (Avi & Edna) last meal on board. The afternoon passed by lazily and then we watched a slide show Morgan (the ship's IT engineer) created by borrowing our cameras' cards and sifting through the thousands of photos we took.
And then the farewell party - all the guests and all the crew (except for 3 crew members who had to stay behind and look after the yacht) piled into one boat and we all went together to a restaurant situated at Gallows Point, but very nice nonetheless. It was great to sit together for once, see the crew in the 'civilian' clothes and be able to have nice personal conversations with them. Victoria's hand was apparent - she had set up the seating arrangements and made sure we all mingled - and as usual she had the perfect touch! The food and wine were very nice and the conversations even better. I for one had a fascinating conversation with Chris about running such a large operation, the difference between it and any other kind of operation and I also heard about his sea-faring grandfather, father and uncles, and about his 3 daughters who seem to be moving away from the family business but sound like amazing young women - quite a family!
Avi & I had to say goodbye to almost everybody once we got back on board, due to our early morning flight - the Bard was quite right when he said that Parting is such sweet sorrow!
Photos at https://plus.google.com/photos/115788154995936631095/albums/5725114653837952913?authkey=CJamprmO36jHogE
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