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Morning Swim at Jan Thiel Bay

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In the water before six, no crowds and coffee in hand. A short morning ritual with a snorkel, before the rest of the villa wakes up.

2u

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โ‚ฌ 0โ€“10

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Before six the light in Jan Thiel is soft and the beach is still empty. From Villa Casa Blanca it's a five-minute drive to the bay, coffee in the thermos between your knees. A few early joggers on the boulevard, nobody else. You kick off your flip-flops and walk into the water, which is warmer than you expect and clear enough to see your feet.

Just behind the buoys you put your mask on. Below you: small schools of sergeant majors, a parrotfish if you're lucky, sometimes a turtle heading toward the buoy line. Twenty minutes later you're back on the sand, dripping, happy. Back at the villa everyone is still quiet. You've already had a full morning.

Checklist

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  • Snorkelset klaar bij voordeur

  • Thermos koffie gevuld

  • Handdoek in de auto

  • Cash voor strandentree

  • Zwemkleding al aan

by PlayTryBe team

Leave the villa before six. Snorkel set, towel, thermos of coffee, flip-flops.

Park at the boulevard, the beach is still empty. Salt air instead of coffee air.

Step into the water without overthinking it. Just float for a moment, eyes closed.

Mask on and snorkel along the buoy line. Stay within the markers.

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Dry off on the towel. No phone, just the bay waking up.

On the way back, take a loop along the boulevard and see what's opening up.

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PaceIgnite
Duration2u
RouteAny order
Budgetโ‚ฌ 0โ€“10

Suggestions

  • Fill the thermos the night before and you're out the door in ten minutes.
  • Put your swim shorts on under your clothes, nobody at the bay at half past five.
  • There's a small entrance fee for the boulevard, bring cash.
  • Snorkel along the buoy line, not beyond it, a jet ski sometimes comes through there.
  • Check the current before swimming further out from shore.

Variations

  • - In plaats van zwemmen een korte hardloop over de boulevard en terug.
  • - Met twee, een zwemt, een blijft op het strand met de spullen.
  • - Na het zwemmen ontbijt bij een tent op de boulevard die om zeven uur opent.