As we went back to the boat in the dinghy we saw a day tripper boat leaving a little inlet, so we decided to explore that. It was an absolutely pristine piece of mangrove swamp. The Ranger who we’d paid previously was on his way out but turned round and guided us through this next set of caves which were covered with petroglyphs. While these caves weren’t open to the sea and full of light, they did have a couple of sinkholes which allowed light to penetrate. Not quite so homely from my point of view, but clearly someone thought it was.

Back to the boat and over to the beach where another cat was anchored. We’d been their neighbours in Antigua so we exchanged information and war stories. On the beach, the sun came out and we broiled as our food barbecued.

Then it was back to the other side of the bay to ensure we got on the whale watch in the morning. The bay in which we anchored had an egret tree. As the sun set, ones, twos and small flocks of egrets arrowed across the bay back to their tree. Each flock reached the tree, were greeted with great noise by the incumbents and scattered: they flew together but didn’t roost together. We spent 30 mins watching their extraordinary display. I watched the reverse the next morning at sun rise.