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The children, as all children everywhere, are more than anxious to get into the water.

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And if they had their way about it, they'd stay in all day long.

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But Johan, as must dutiful parents, has other ideas about it, especially for the youngest member of the family who's just learning to swim.

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But in this case, the smallest turns out to be the mightiest.

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She even proves to be the victor of the day by keeping the whole family in the water until they were finally forced to leave, but only because the sun did.

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Boca Tabla on the windward side of the island is a huge cave. Here the timeless waves, which present quite another facet of the Caribbean, have pounded against the coral rock to carve out the formation.

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Sailing is another popular recreation here and it seems as though little Mica doesn't want to miss the boat.

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Johan, on his day away from piloting in the big ships, takes the proverbial busman's holiday and sails his own boat in a picturesque bay known as Spanish Water.

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Johan also likes to build model ships, and is even in the process of building a small boat for his son.
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Back in his native Holland, Johan's father wanted him to go into business and thought his love of the sea just a passing fancy.
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But with Johan, this was a fancy that certainly didn't pass.

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The countryside is called the kunuku, and here hundreds of wild goats have smugly taken possession of the land, haughtily regarding the people as the trespassers.