Sailing Adventure!

We set sail for Bassas Da india at 2am... navigating the channel between Vilanculos harbour and Bazaruta Island in the dark. Two days of sailing due east, we arrived at the uninhabited Basss da India, and all we could see was sea. At low tide, a few rocks are visible showing that the 10 km in diameter atoll is indeed there in the middle of the ocean between Mozambique and Madagascar.

We got to explore the underwater world of Bassas when we scub dived, and enjoyed the sun and blue sky and sea while some of the guys fished.

The locals in Vilanculos affectionately refer to Bassas da India as "Jurassic Park" because it is known for amazingly large fish, and many sharks. The fisherman enjoyed the "fights" with the large kingsfish and barracuda, and it appears that Rod is not much of a fisher-frog - he tried fishing a few times, but never caught anything.

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