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We have now been on a mooring ball in Warderick Wells, a Land and Sea Park, in the Exumas, for the last two nights. This is an incredible beautiful place to stop at for a while and many have said this is their favourite stop. We came here all the way from Allans key, approx. 40 miles, to find protection from the strong northerlies that were forecast for the end of the week. We missed a number of lovely anchorages on other keys, but are happy to be here because the cold front has hit us today with nasty cold winds and grey skies. It has been a "stay-in-the-boat "day, mainly as the Captain needs his rest to look after one of his eyes, which did not seem to respond well to all the diving that happened yesterday. As we entered this harbour from the Bank, we were practically swept away by the beauty of the water colours. It is crystal clear. You can almost see every speck of sand, 30 feet below even. The colour changes from ink blue, when the water is deep. When more shallow it is various shades of green. When the sun illuminates the green and dark clouds are in the background, as it was the other day, one feels ready to burst out in song . And on the shore are limestone rocks and beaches with the whitest sand. Finally we have arrived!!!We felt we could now stop and "smell the roses "for some days and not have to worry about weather and wind. One of the highlights being here is the snorkelling and we tried it twice. We have to pick a time of slack water and then put our dingy on a dingy mooring over an area of coral reefs. After that it is just a jump from the dingy and we were transported to a different world! Fishes of various sizes and all kinds of colours and shapes swam by us, appearing not to care that we were there. And there were many! Each one a piece of art in itself. Life can truly be magic when nature has been left undisturbed. We are not allowed to fish here and that is a good thing. The social life is as active here as in any other place and tomorrow afternoon the head quarters here are arranging a “happy hour”for all us boaters and there are quite a few of us. We stayed in Nassau for two nights, in a marina, together with “Briarpatch”, our fellow travellers since we left Bimini.