This morning started with a swim before breakfast. Now that we have an inverter working it was time to get some work done. B did some cleaning while I fixed the anchor winch switch and relay. Wilson and Danielle caught up on emails and chatted with family.
After lunch we all went ashore in the dinghy with the new outboard. We first went to Kevin’s village but nobody was there, so we walked along the road (bush track) towards the next village. As we got closer we could hear someone on a PA system and lively music. It was a public holiday to celebrate the province and they were partying. They invited us to join in, giving us drinks of Kava and slices of cake. The man on the microphone talked to me asking what we have seen, why we were here etc. Then introduced us and gave me the mic to tell everyone what we were doing. The island chief took us aside to tell us about the village, then introduced us to different villagers. We also gave him some educational books and pencils for the school. These will go directly to the local school, educating the approximately 100 children on the island of Emae. After the donation we were introduced to the school director, who thanked us sincerely. In his gratitude the chief offered me his wild boar tusk bracelet, but I had to refuse his kind offer as I would not be able to take it into NZ.
After spending time there, we headed back to the beach and went for a walk along it. Back on Imagine we all jumped in for a swim. By the time B and I had installed the new shower pump it was time to sit on the back deck with drinks and watch the sunset.
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