In the Middle

We've reached our mid way point on our trip from Fiji to Vanuatu. Strangely it looks exactly like every other point along the way since we lost sight of land - Go figure! Also a bit of a surprise is the number of fishing vessels (four so far) that are exactly on the same route as us, but in reverse, so with all of this ocean around us, the possibility of a head on collision is rather high. Glen and Trish are holding up well with the water conditions being very nice, just an easy swell and not much wind, so the boat doesn't move around too much. It is a pleasant 23 degrees right now at 4:20 am as I write (type) this and it was up to 25 during the day. For the google earth people, we are at 16.50.171 lat and 171.48.978 long. A very tiny speck in a very large ocean.

It seems that the Coolidge dive site in Luganville is very popular and that there are a lot of tourists in Vanuatu. Our friend boats, Jackster and Oso Blanco have emailed us to say book now so we can get a spot to dive this week. You can only dive the sites with local dive companies and they are fully booked. Who'da thunk? So we have. The Coolidge is a WWII ship that sunk after hitting friendly mines (that sounds so strange!) Also in the same vicinity is what they call "Million Dollar Point", this is where the US army bulldozed all of their equipment into the ocean when the French decided not to pay for it, opting instead to take what they wanted when the US went home. So no money, no equipment! We are looking forward to seeing both of these underwater steel graveyards.

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