Heading for Ua Pua

Position: 09 Deg 54 Mins South, 139 Deg 07 Mins West

We've had a great time on Tahuata, mainly because we met a really nice couple from Santa Barbera called Jaimie and Brandon on a boat called Gaviotta (Seagull). They came over yesterday morning with some of the huge Wahoo that they caught as they couldn't eat it all, we went snorkelling with them in the bays around the anchorage and then we had drinks on their boat in the evening. Helen's getting over her fear of swimming and was diving down to look at all the colourful little fishies on the reef. Today we walked with them through the jungle (full of mangoes, bananas and limes) all the way to the village, it took about 4 hours. Thankfully when we got there we found a local boat to take us back to the anchorage.

All the islands are beautiful, the sea is clear, the fishies are abundant and the locals are friendly - when we arrived in the village today, the shop had no bread, but I spotted a lady by the quay with a big bag of baguettes, I asked her if she was selling them, and she said no, but I could have some anyway and gave us 3 to take back to the boat!

Charlie fixed the engine while we were here too, we were having to go into the engine bay and short the solenoid contacts with a screwdriver, til I found the problem with the wiring to the start relay. All that tinkering with Kermit's starter over the years is paying off!