Helen: Got to be quick but thought you'd like to know that we have arrived safely in Niue - go look it up on an Atlas - tiny limestone rock 200 miles from Tonga. All the limestone means there's lots of crevices and caves and canyons to explore (well, if you're not a great big wuss like me). We're sticking to hiring bicycles today instead. I aslo wimped out of snorkelling yesterday as the sea is infested with highly poisonous sea snakes - apparently they 'aren't agressive' and you'd have to 'stick your finger down it's throat to get it to bite you'...but that's what people say about Rotweillers so I'm not taking any chances!
It really is quiet and relaxed here. Totally different from the bustle of Rarotonga. They only get a cargo boat once a month - so if they forget to order the icecream they run out! C has got another crazy drivers licence (to add to his Cook Islands one) - the Niue licence is covered in pictures of palm trees!
Our passage here was great - bit windy for a couple of nights and then, predictably, not enough wind, but the Yamana crew are great. Was a bit worried that sailing with 2 kids would be hell on earth - but they are bright and really fun to play with! Olive and I made a stuffed multicoloured parrot over the course of 4 days, and Ruben and Charlie made a hot air balloon out of beer cans, night lights and tissue paper (when they finally tried to launch it though it burned through the string before it could take flight - oh well, back to the drawing board...) Talk about blue vs pink!
Right, better go otherwise we don't stand a chance at getting round the island in a day - especially the speed C cycles at - they don't call him 'lightening' for nothing...
Lots of love
H&Cxxx
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