For three consecutive years, from 2019 to 2021, three different owls were on the covers of my annual reports. But 2022 has changed this not-very-long tradition: a Northern Gannet took their place. So why not establish a new not-very-long tradition, with different boobies on the cover, and with a good reason - in 2023 year I saw two species of them: Northern Gannet and Brown Booby (see the photo below):

The cover image for this, final part of the story, is almost the same as for the first chapter. Same background but I'm not in the photo. I find it symbolic in a way. You know, people come and go, but the palm trees are always green and the chairs are always red.

The fifth day of our trip was dedicated to whale-watching! We were all excited, as no one had ever seen these iconic, magical giants of the deep. We set off early in the morning and arrived at a lovely pier, where a group of other whale-watchers were already gathering.

If you look at this image and think the horizon line is leaning to the left, it's okay. Don't worry about the horizon. The horizon is still horizontal, no matter what's happening in this world. It's me who's been tilting like an old sailor standing on the deck of the ferry.