It wasn’t until 9am that the interaction started. We went ashore with rope for the cow and some clothes for the kids of the first village. Paulo greeted us at the waters edge with a small bunch of bananas. We thanked him and he left. We put on our snorkel gear and swam from the beach. The clear water revealed the seabed was scattered with broken coral – signs of the cyclone damage. There were still plenty of bombies covered in beautiful coral and teeming with fish. One bombie was home to a school of Nemos. Other bombies were home to Gil (the Angel fish), Clown fish, big blue star fish and more.

We returned to Imagine for a rest, but were interrupted by the kids on shore shouting at us and holding up a bag. We had to investigate. We rowed ashore to find Paulo had sent the kids back with more fruit.
It wasn’t long before a canoe came alongside. It was Rasrass the boy who lead us through the second village yesterday. The other one in the canoe was his brother Rex, who had lead us through the village in 2019. Another canoe full came and joined them and we talked for a while. We told them to leave while we had lunch.

After lunch we had more visitors. Two o’clock came around and we headed off to the second village with more clothes and pillows.
I had gotten two of my shirts to give Rasrass and Rex for helping. As we got to shore the men of the village had laid nets and were spearing fish.
Rex, Rasrass and a pile of kids were there to greet us and guide us through the village to the Chief. Rex and another young lady interpreted for us, as we presented the Chief with the pillows and some sandles. We then explained that the kids clothes were to be distributed as they thought best.
Emma took the young lady aside and gave her a bag of undies and feminine hygiene products to distribute.

We had no escort as we left the village but all the way to the beach we could hear the cheers as the clothes were being handed out.
The rowing back to Imagine hadn’t worn out Emma enough, so up the mast she went. It was her first mast climb. Although she didn’t make it all the way, it was a good attempt.

Now we are just chilling out waiting for the sun to set.
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