Leaving Fiji for Vanuatu

So I guess you can tell that we're back on the boat, based on the flurry of blog entries, I finally have time to write. We had such a frantic month at home trying to fit all of our work in that all of my good intentions for uploading lots of pictures and writing adventures never happened. Even out here on the boat, my freest time for writing is when I am on late night watch and everyone is asleep. Yes, I can multi task - watch so I don't run over anybody out here and write at the same time.

We arrived back in Fiji Sept 20 along with our friends Glen and Trish Gurr. We have a few days before we can head out as we await baby calm ocean waters and winds. We really want this to be a good experience for Glen and Trish, having them be sea sick for the first part of their holiday just wouldn't be good. A market experience fills one day with a stop at an Italian deli - yes, really - with wine tasting and food sampling, thus toping up the ship's stores for travel. Glen and Glen finished the AC glycol top up without any further excitement (we had to import a proper pump in our suitcase). Now we are one day out on our way to the island country of Vanuatu. Supposedly a little bit less developed than Fiji with lots of wilderness and equally friendly people.

I need to tell everybody about packing our suitcases. We have all of our clothes on the boat but each time we travel from home to the boat we have two full suitcases. Full of boat parts, coffee beans, cheese whiz, Miracle Whip, Lindt Milk Chocolate bars, magazines, books and whatever else we need that we can only get at home. Quite funny at screening times in the airports. So far so good with not having anything taken away from us.

The current conditions on the water are - 2 meter swell, short period intervals, light wind and dawn is happening. All is pretty good. Lat 17.31.093 S. Long 174.58.777 E.

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