South Carolina

Whilst we were anchored in the creek of Edisto Island, a boat full of locals pitched up.

They invited over to their house on the river for a sun-downer and persuaded us to stay for a meal and some local food. A delicious meal of fresh fish, including okra and some white corn.

Southern hospitality at it's best.

Charleston.

We visited one of the large plantation houses, this one is called Boone Hall.

The lowlands of this marshy area are perfect for growing rice, and this plantation is one of the few ones still working, although possibly not as profitably as in the slave days.

I should think most of the revenue comes from the tourists these days

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These small brick houses are the quarters of the more important and of course, more valuable slaves! Positioned just off the driveway to the main house, it seemed to us that the plantation owners were showing off the amount of slaves to any visitors.

The Aquarium in Charleston was excellent. The most interesting exhibit to me was this albino alligator, a very r

are animal that would never survive in the wild because of it's unusual colour, or lack of it!

Celebrating the 4th July at the Charleston Yacht Club. The local members were interested in our travels and made us feel very welcome. We enjoyed a b'que and watched the fireworks from the balcony of the club.