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Heather and I left early on Saturday morning for our flight to Provo. We brought Dean with us--- our own personal tour guide! We went to the beach... in search of JoJo (the dolphin). The beaches on Provo are absolutely beautiful! White, fine sand and the bluest water. We didn't find JoJo- but we had our snorkel gear and cameras out, just in case! It would have been great to see Dean and JoJo interact! Maybe next time.
Both Heather and I did not want to leave the island. I felt like I was in paradise and I was so relaxed and in my element. The experiences we had will stay with us forever. If you ever want to experience a small island- I would choose Salt Cay any day!
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WRITTEN BY JUNE HUGHES:

Salt Cay-
an island where time stands still.
Where alarm clocks are pre-set and unchangeable according to the crow of the cock .
The glorious red sun rise reflected in the salt pans.
A place where people still walk to work. A jogger even (which turned out to be Katie - complete with weights!).
Early morning divers trekking past with their gear from the various B & B's.
Miss Neddy's Bread, Sweet Bread and Sweet Sweet Bread. "And I don't do wheat bread."
For $5. White rice, potatoes, small cans of beans and pork and beans.
Sweet Katie's nurse shark and lollipop pink wet suit.
The dancing Causarinas and the waves louder than the Panuerhythmy music.
Aloe, prickly burs, beach glass and hermit crabs.
Osprey, Hummingbird and Heron. Millions of birds in May. Three kinds.
Donkeys, three horses and many cows. But the riding gear is on another island.
Where is the water to drink? Cisterns, open well, RO and the Government sells water.
Electricity, as everything else, very expensive and only recently has the ban on solar utilities been lifted.
Horses headed to drink from the cement mix water, which some say is poisonous.
One airline and the ferry gone bankrupt.
The on again off again Swim with Sting Rays.
Mike's beautiful slides of the diver's world off the 7000ft wall. Bleaching for lobsters. Kills the reef.
Cold fronts coming through - rather too consecutively.
Full moon and the Whales are in sync, with themselves and other Worlds.
Olly's stories of when he was a child - so many whales, Ambergris of the Sperm Whales washed up on shore even.
The old folk would use it for oil lamps, he still has some.
Conchs. Golf carts, $300 a year insurance, and $3 a gallon for gas.
The chainless flat tired bicycles and broken hammocks. Handful of old cars and pick up trucks.
Bread, beer and desserts $5. Fish dish $18 - $20.
And the glorious glorious waves and color of the ocean.
The sparkles, the great rolling swell and the dolphins. Bottlenose and Spinner and assorted flying fish.
The thrill of riding through the surf to come in and out of harbor on the flat board fiber glass diver skiffs.
Not the best thing for whale watching, white caps or sliding gracefully into the ocean, but perfect on the right occasion.
The ecstasy of Jim's fresh fruit!
Candy's amazing past (and present), Michelle's bubbling enthusiasm. Sue and Jagan.
Debbie and Olly - Dean and The Twins (smile!).
Plantation house Mount Pleasant and the salt fields owned by Robin's cousin.
Windy hill and the sunsets.
'The Whales have called you here. They have done their job - and you have been within their radiance.
Also to lighten the Joy note in your heart did the dolphins come. They have that ability.
To lighten the human aura, the human psyche.
Remember always, the Dolphins are the Joy Givers and the Whales are the Wisdom Keepers.'
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