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Published: August 9th 2007
Wild Pigs
We called this one Henry, he tried to climb into our dinghy. Very cute!!!Our next stop in the Exumas was Big Majors, a small island just a couple of miles away from Sampson. It is a great anchorage but very crowded. Actually we have found that all the islands in the Exumas are quite popular, and thus crowded. That night we counted 44 boats anchored out- crazy! It feels more like a floating city than a deserted island.
One of the main reasons why we decided to anchor out at Big Majors for the night was to see the wild pigs on the island. Actually, they aren’t really wild pigs. The residents of nearby Staniel Cay put them there years ago, built a small shelter for them, and bring them food and water. Over the years cruisers have gone to visit the pigs and they have become quite an attraction. As soon as the pigs hear an approaching dinghy they run out on the beach, jump in the water, and swim out to greet you. It is actually quite adorable. So we loaded up in the dinghy with some food scraps to pay the famous swimming pigs a visit- and we couldn’t believe it. One came right out to visit us and tried
Swimming Pig
Who would have thought that pigs can swim so well- go figure?!?!? to climb into the dinghy. He was so big that he almost knocked us over, too excited with the food scraps that he smelled aboard. So we threw the food away from the dinghy and us and he would swim off to retrieve it. It was great fun and very cute. And we were even lucky enough to see the 3 little piglets out on the beach that day. We had a great time at Big Majors and the swimming pigs, who would have ever thought?!?!
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Pigs
What does Kona think of the pigs?