There is more to Virgin Garda's Saba Rock happy hour Painkillers at 3
bucks a glass - there is the free WiFi but there is even more and that
is the large granite boulders scattered along the sea shore and piled
high further inland. The Baths as they are know are very like Clifton
Beach in Cape Town but here they are a nature reserve tightly controlled
to save the environment. You are not allowed to anchor only pick up the
limited number of mooring buoys and only permitted to stay 90 minutes.
You are not swayed to take the dinghy ashore but must tie it off on a
buoy and swim ashore. If a red flag is flying you are not supposed to go
ashore although most people are colour blind. I picked up a mooring ball
on the north side of the field off Spring Bay. With fins I swam shore
only to find a private beach with a sign indicating the direction to the
Baths. I set off through the boulders but missed the path and soon found
myself high up on top of these massive boulders. The drop down was a
long way. I carefully tried to get round the boulders both going up and
then down but there was no way out. I could hear the sea rushing between
the boulders and headed towards the water but I was too high to get down
so back again but this time try at a lower level. Finally I was on the
sand as the water rushed in between the rocks... I had to get out of
here because there was no way I could dive under the rock against the
waves and get to clear water. OK retrace my steps, slowly. It was more
than an hour and a half when I climbed down off the boulders through the
bush and onto the beach. A very stupid adventure to undertake alone but
I was safe, calm and only a few blood spots. I jumped into the water. It
never felt better. Now to find the right way to get ashore. I took the
dinghy south and tied it to the mooring buoy along with others and swam
ashore through the large waves. The trail is very well set out with
wooden stairs where they are needed and chains and ropes to assist you.
A very tame experience from my earlier experience. Enjoyable and a must
see part of the island. Now it was time to see the other island in the
channel and maybe dive on the Rhone wreck. A magical moment on Malua
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