GPS: 20 16.567S 174 48.268W
Friday 17th May Greetings from Nomuka and Nomuka Ika We are anchored at Nomuka Ika which is directly across from Nomuka , is about the size of Motuhuie and has the population of one – a friendly man called James.
This morning we went ashore at Nomuka Ika had a walk along the beach and went for a swim. Hannah had a snorkel and saw some beautiful coloured fish. We came back to the boat for lunch and had a few reef sharks swimming around seeing if there were any leftovers. This afternoon Tony, Hannah and Stella went ashore to Nomuka and had a walk along the two main roads (mud tracks). One went to the lake and the other followed the waterfront. They met friendly locals especially the children. The villagers were excited …. not due to the arrival of the intrepid explorers but because the supply ship had just arrived! They had a friendly group of dogs follow them around for the duration of their travels and there was lots of pigs, horses and cows running around. A lot of reefs which we had to negotiate our way around. Stella used the outboard motor on the dinghy for the first time today and was going pretty straight as they got closer in.
We have another yacht “Essence” anchor just along from us tonight. Stella is in the kitchen making another meal out of the lovely tuna Tony caught yesterday, then we’ve got another episode of Game of Thrones which hopefully Tony doesn’t fall asleep during tonight! Made us all laugh when Stella kept asking him had he fallen asleep again! Night all
