We sailed out of Daniels Bay after a few days and continued clockwise to circumnavigate the island. There are still many beautiful and interesting bays to visit. The next stop was in a little uncharted bay where we had read that there was an abandoned farm. We found that it was no longer abandoned, however, the two gentlemen we met there welcomed us and allowed us to pick whatever we wished. The entire valley was filled with coconut palms and fruit trees; we've never tasted such sweet guavas before. We found an enormous old avocado tree but, sadly, we were too early for the fruit; we'd have to come back in a month or two. Pity, that would have been like manna from heaven. We stocked up on mangoes, guavas, lemons and limes as well as a few coconuts.
There were dozens upon dozens of pigs and piglets running wild, as well as horses (most of these islands have hundreds of wild horses and goats), cows and chickens. At first the pigs ran away whenever they saw us but it didn't take long before they became curious and we amused ourselves by feeding the little piglets with guavas as they came closer and closer. One actually took a nibble of Paul's toe when he was sitting on the ground shelling a coconut.
There were also many examples of marae ruins (ceremonial sites), which indicate that the valley must have been fairly heavily populated in days gone by. Another phenomenal day ended with us sipping caipirinhas (with all those fresh limes) aboard Vagabond, watching the sunset and the new moon.
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