Qalito

When we left the Mana lagoon, once again we weren’t sure where we’d end up for the night. Our first stop was a spot right at the barrier reef just to the northeast of Mana. Tim had scoped it out on the satellite imagery and thought it may be good for boogie boarding and spearfishing. It turned out to be not so good for boogie boarding, but they did come back with a coral trout. The conditions deteriorated while they were out there with 25+ kts of wind and a very lively swell. I had the binoculars out trying to find them and was very relieved when they made their way back to Exodus.

In these conditions we bashed back to the small island of Qalito. It was a very deep anchorage, and of course the wind died pretty much as soon as we dropped anchor. There wasn’t really anything special there at Qalito. The island has a resort called Castaway Resort, and I phoned them to see if we could come ashore for lunch, and surprisingly they told me no. They were booked full so they were not accepting any day visitors. That was disappointing, because I had read on another cruiser blog that they have good pizza there.

My only additional memory of Qalito is that I went out for a long paddle in the morning, and had my peace and tranquility interrupted by tourists on jet skis. Jet skis are not the cruiser’s friends.

Count them…1, 2, 3, 4, 5 jet skis coming to ruin my paddle board bliss