This is the rental place we
started from. After twenty minutes or so of ticklish paddling, we were
across the harbour, and waiting for the last
cruiser's wake to abate. When we turned around, this
was what we saw; when we turned back, this
was in front
of us. We
didn't know who these birds were
-- not cormorants, we were pretty sure. From back in the islands occasionally
you get a glimpse
of where
you've come from. After a few hours we found a place to
pull up where there was a restaurant -- but the line was so
long and complicated that
we went back round to the other restauant, by a ferry terminal and found
another place to pull out; and another restaurant with lineups
but eventually we were waiting for a beer
with the ferry going in and out behind us
and eventually we fought our way back across
the harbour, taking occasional glimpses amid the chop, and even a picture.