This morning we ventured ashore in search of fuel. The rain came down as soon as we made it to shore. Luckily there was a shelter at the boat ramp. Once the rain stopped we started walking. There was a set of outdoor gym equipment set up in the middle of nowhere. We stopped a Police vehicle to ask where we could get fuel . The officer started to explain the way to B (in french) then said get in the back of the truck and they will take us there It wasn’t far to the petrol station.
We filled up our two jerrycans with diesel and went to the roadside, where B used her thumb to flag down another ute in less than 1 minute. How lucky we were this couple lived only metres away from the boat ramp. They showed us where their house was and dropped us at the ramp. They also told us to come across for a coffee any time.
This afternoon we took them up on their offer and went across to their house. Mika poured the coffee as we sat on the veranda over looking at the ocean. As he only spoke French B translated the conversations. His wife Coco came out with food she had been cooking for us . They told us about their family of eight children and life on Wallis. Mika showed us around their property. They had a lot of pigs, banana, bread fruit and coconut trees. As we were about to go Coco came out with more food packed in containers for us to take back to the boat for dinner.
We returned to Imagine with a months supply of bananas, a bunch of fruit that we have only seen in Tonga and here( sorry cannot remember the name), 4 fish and tonight’s dinner.
