Georgetown

Georgetown is a very nice little town surrounding a small lake connected to a cove.  Lake Victoria is accessed through this very small opening that only small boats and no sailboats can get through.  One of the local groceries stores has wisely installed a long dingy dock so cruisers can tie up and shop at their store.  Of course, you can go elsewhere but most don't want to bite the hand that provides a convenient tie up and free water as well.  The entire circle of the lake can be walked in under an hour.  There are little shops all along the way as well as the straw market, two liquor stores, several churches and restaurants and the important laundromat.  As we have come to expect, the people are very friendly and they obviously like the income from the cruisers.  For many people, Georgetown is the ultimate destination for wintering over and they get here from the States or Canada as quickly as possible then settle in for a few or several months.  Others use this as a rest and resupply stop before they head farther south in the Carribean. For us, we're here to see what it is all about and turn back towards home on a good weather window.  Still not sure when that will be, possibly as early as Saturday.  We won't be able to lollygag on the way back but should see some new things once we get north of Nassau.

We are in the anchorage at Kidd cove. The wind had us facing over towards Stocking Island.  People don't tend to stay anchored here beyond what is needed to go into town and resupply with food and drink.  Most of the socializing is over on Stocking Island.

This is the opening into Lake Victoria.  When you walk across the opening, you hardly even notice it is a bridge.

Georgetown, at least a part of it from the dingy dock.

I joiking said that I wanted this house as a birthday present.  When I found out is actually a hotel, I decided I couldn't be that  greedy.

This sign is at the head of the dingy dock.  The jacket was on the sign for several days.  Crime doesn't seem to be a problem here.

This is another view of the previously shown hotel.  I was trying to get a picture of when the freighter came back to make it look like it was going into the hotel then checking out.  Sadly, really sadly, I was defrosting the refrigerator and giving it a good cleaning.  A nasty job at best.  Not, however, as nasty as the rebuild job David did on the head.  It had developed a nasty leak (really nasty) and instead of more half measures, he rebuilt the entire pump assembly and replaced the joker valve.  I did my part to help by making the water runs and telling him how wonderful he was.