To put it in one word, Waderickwells is Exumas Wonderland. The headquarters of the Exumas Cay Land and Sea Park, the anchorage is carved out of low tide sand banks. At low tides the sand banks decked with the motor yachts (stink pots) deck chairs and umbrellas are interspersed with deep channels carved out by rushing currents.
We find the life of the mega rich mega motor yacht crowd intriguing, we watch them on their boats sipping cocktails. As the tide ebbs the crew dons life jackets, loads up their dinghy with umbrellas, chairs and side tables, as well as rakes and head over to the chosen sand bank. There they rake any shells or broken coral away so their bosses don't hurt their feet. Then they head back and load up the owners and guests and deposit them under the umbrellas. Always a quiet call away they wait...., or scrub and clean the hulls, polish, mop, polish, polish and prepare the next five course meal, until said owners and guests are ready to return to the stink pot. Then they don life jackets again and head over. Once they have fetched and carried the guests they return, pick up the books, towels, glasses, reading glasses, walking sticks, wheel-chairs, water wings and hand bags and return them to the boat. Then they fetch the chairs and tables. We would love to know how much the crew are paid. I don't think they could offer use enough to do that job. Especially the hostess/ cook/ cleaner. I can imagine her picking their dirty underware off the floor and washing all with the ten towels per person that are used each day, each time they dry off after a dip.
We have to admit there are benefits to having mega bucks as often with the wrinkled bent old men are accompanied by "hou my vas" (Hold me back!!) young wenches, lounging on the decks! For some reason our guys suddenly find a need to stay an extra day. :)
Oh to be rich and famous!!!! NOT!
The snorkeling here is fun, at most sites the current pushes you on a roller coaster ride above beautiful corals and with no fishing or collecting allowed at all in the park, huge fish can be seen. We have seen some of the biggest spade fish, trigger fish, angel fish in their exotic colors and parrot fish with their 'false teeth'. The Parrot fish always look to me as if they have someone else's dentures in and they don't fit right! A constant pale lipstick smile with sticky out snow-white teeth. All the better to eat coral with!
This is when the 'whoops' happened. A true candid camera moment, unfortunately no one had a camera running, or not that we know of. Back at the boat we were unloading the dinghy of the snorkel gear and stuff. I usually sit astride the pontoon of the dinghy with one foot on the sugar scoop then step out. This day I was already getting out when I realized I had forgotten something. So I was now sitting on the pontoon with both feet on the sugarscoop. I was just getting ready to stand, with both hands full of 'things' when the tide had other ideas. The dinghy started to drift away, before I could do anything it moved out from under my butt and I disappeared very ungracefully into the drink! It must have been hilarious, check utbe, maybe a nearby boat had a camera running. Hahahaha
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