Super salesmen In the US of A we all dread the day we have to actually go and purchase the car that we have been dreaming about, checking out the ads for, talking to others about, and making list of what we can do without to make the payments. We know that when we approach […]
yesterday afternoon we had a really good snorkel, this water goes from inches to hundreds of feet in a football field length, drop offs are spooky. The guys met a local when they were out fishing, he said his family owned 2 of the sandy beach islands (VERY SMALL) and invited us to visit and
I have Never been so hot and it is winter here. I cannot imagine what summer is like. We are putting more hours on the generator than the main engine, even Jim is hot, and thats good for me. The Solomon Islands are know for their great wood carvers, they use the nautilus shells to
we are anchored at matiu island in morova lagoon, lizzie is with us and boat we met last year, miami, is here. asylum expected. great little anchorage, kind of place could spend several days and no locals. went to community where we anchored last night and they had a carvings showeing, bought a few things,
Marovo Lagoon, arrived about 8:30am. Had a nice ride most of the way. The first few hours out of Honiara was the worst. The moment the anchor was dropped we had a visitor.This is a Seventh Day Adventist area today,Saturday, is their sabbath. Guess John skipped church! We told him we were going to take
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Yesterday morning Jim went to the Heritage Place, a beautiful resort hotel , met with Trixie, the manager on duty at the restaurant, we wanted to have a late lunch. She said they quit serving at 2p. Jim explained it was our 43 anniversary and we didn’t want to be out and about going back
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Hot again, but busy getting stuff ready to head out tomorrow or Fri. Need a new VHF antenna. Jim got one yesterday but when we got back to the boat it was the wrong one. SO back again to the store way out of town. Our boat guard is doing some boat work today, shinning
Coconut Crab Survey If you have ever seen a little hermit crab out of its shell then you know what a Coconut Crab looks like. Just imagine the hermit crab on steroids. Like a monkey compares to King Kong. They don’t worry about a shell to live in for the same reason Great Whites don’t
I have NEVER been so hot. We cannot run the air com enough to suite me. Yesterday when we went into town Jim and I went to a little cafe for lunch, had THE best salad, well let me tell you I started doing the quick step to the bathroom about 4am. WHEW!!!! I’m tired!
09*25′.672S/159*57′.394E, we arrived around 1pm, checked out just how we were supposed to anchor and tie up to the rocks. Rod “Lizzie” put his dink in to help us tie, them Jim went with him. I can say for sure this is NOT the best place we have ever been. We will stay on the
