There are a few challenges in the Marquesas: poor
communication links, limited provisioning and virtually unpronounceable place
names! Each day since arriving we have had to visit one of the two restaurants
in Atuona that has Wifi available, to touch base with friends and family and
catch up with admin. It’s lovely to touch base with people but the speed and
quality of the link makes it somewhat frustrating with poor reception on calls
and very slow internet speeds.
We motored over to Tahuata yesterday afternoon and dropped
anchor in this very nice bay, joining a few other ARC boats. Later in the
afternoon, a few cats arrived and settled in among the monohulls, and we were
in the midst of our friends again. We invited three of the cats aboard Tumi for
drinks and Mango duly invited us back for dinner to help them eat the massive
wahoo that they had caught. The evening turned out to be brilliant, and Phil
was something of a star, regaling the crowd with his singing. So much for not
drinking much alcohol after our three-week detox, that has gone right out of
the window!
Today we have been doing boat things, Phil cleaned the steel
work, Dan scrubbed the decks and went around the waterline to remove any green
algae (he’s the only one that can get in the water for the next few days while
our tattoos heal up a bit) and Debra and I defrosted the fridge and freezer. We
relaxed during the day, had a BBQ this afternoon, and this evening we set off
for Ua Pou, travelling overnight so that we arrive in the daylight. Unfortunately,
the winds have dropped to nothing and we are motoring. Ho hum.
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