Day 79 Hitchhiking

Andy and I were awakened by Mark's call from the dinghy. While he and Kurt were surfing, the anchor line parted and the dinghy drifted onto the reef. Mark had recovered it and bailed out all the water but needed help to search for the anchor. We donned our snorkel gear, piled into the dinghy, headed for the reef and were in the water minutes after we had woken up. After a bit of a search, Andy found the anchor and we picked up Kurt and headed for the boat.
On the way back, we passed over a sandy bottomed area that had dozens of manta rays sitting on the bottom. They were several feet in diameter and quite impressive.
After our adventure, we decided that a pizza for lunch would be just the right thing. When we were here a week ago we enjoyed the pizza at a restaurant in Cook's Bay so we split up and attempted to hitchhike. Andy and Kurt went counter clockwise while Mark and I went clockwise around the island. We did not realize that the pizza place was a good 40 minute drive.
After three rides with long waits in between, Mark and I finally arrived to find that Andy and Kurt had already finished their pizzas. Our last ride was with Emmanual who worked for a place that sold black pearls. Andy had been interested in buying a pearl so we arranged to have our pizzas delivered to the pearl shop and all piled into Emmanual's car.
This scene could easily have won some sort of a prize in a "funniest video" competition. Five men falling out of a tiny car in front of a rather upscale jewelry shop to which two pizzas were delivered several minutes later. Mark and I ate the pizzas, Andy did not buy anything and Kurt arranged with a friend from the pizza shop for a ride back to our boat. I think "the day we went for pizza" will be memorable for the rest of the trip.