We arrived at our anchorage off of Foxtown at around 2 p.m. We spent a couple of hours relaxing on board. Of course, Jonny kept busy – this time testing the dinghy and its anchor so we could use it when we go snorkeling. He also tried out our new snorkeling gear. We’re ready!
Around 5 p.m. we took the dinghy over to Foxtown - an extremely modest settlement! We walked up and down the main street that lined the coast amidst barking dogs and inquisitive children. The community seems to be quite poor, but the people were friendly, especially the children.
Fisherman were coming in with catches of fresh conch and fish which they offered to us for purchase.
We decided to follow the advice of our guidebook and get a beer at the local bar that supposedly had the best cracked conch in the Abacos. DaValley Restaurant/Bar was located on the waterfront close to our dinghy dock.
We ordered a couple of beers and sat out on the deck – the only place to catch a cool breeze. We ended up being absolutely delighted with our very fresh cracked conch dinner and salad and the hospitable nature of the proprietress and server.
Afterwards we took the dinghy back to the boat and discovered that our outboard was having significant idle problems. Fortunately we also have a Torqeedo (electric) engine as a back-up to the 4 stroke outboard. That evening we watched a video that Jonny’s brother Andy gave us, called Sunshine, a very long and somewhat interesting movie with Ralph Fiennes.
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