Shark Island's on the seaward end of Luderitz bay & gets ALL the weather.
Waking up this morning, something was different…
Coming in over the Atlantic, from the North West…
The faintest sound of a warning bell on a bouy.
Temperatures dropping fast & a heavy sea mist rolling in, quickly hiding penguin island & the harbour approachs…
WOW … Everything's changed, trees're bending backwards.
All the boats at anchor're facing the wrong way.
Swells running IN now.
Even the seabirds're sheltered on the other side…
So misty, so cold, so lekker.
Aaah, I wish I could bottle this feeling…
During those years on board S.Y.Enigma, we used to feel, using a heightened sense of awareness, wind & rain squalls long before they reached us…
Subtle changes in the boats movement, alerted us to the presence of distant landmases too.
Living on board Nyati, this close to nature…
Over an extended period of time…
Could that awareness re-awaken ?
I'm ready… Wide open…
"Now God… bring it on".
The danger's in letting the imagination run wild.
This misty, chilly North West breeze's only a temporary reprieve from the daily blast coming out of the South, but, oh how it turns everything around.
The "buchters" (locals) love it too, but
they know the jerseys will be off & the mist blown away by lunchtime.
Precisely, as if to script, the Southerly picked up & there she was…
Big & bold, White & beautiful…
Hidden by the mist, another cruise liner, laying at anchor not more than 1/4mile off shore…
Maybe they knew Nyati could be seen here this Christmas, glowing under the full moon…
you look tired bud
That's odd, because…
I feel terrific… Exercising every day…. Sleeping well… Eating properly… It's all very good here.