Sailing around the World ( Presently in Reunion Island, SW Indian Ocean )
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Tue 26 Oct 2010 17:56
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MONDAY 25th OCTOBER
2010
06.00hrs Skipper got about emails and
checking the on board navigation computers,
The day was very overcast, Aileen decided for a
reason we wont discuss to wash down the decks, It started to rain
and she continued to wash down the decks, god bless
her,
11.00hrs, we got a lift into " Avis " car rentals
from Audrie ( her dad owns the pub " Dodo's" across the pier ) actually , the
pub is just about 50 meters
from the boats, very handy for the coffee's, and
wifi.
There were no cars available and Audrie got on the
phone and organised one from " Weils " , but would not be ready untill 17.00hrs,
so Skipper and Aileen walked into town where we had a light lunch, skipper had a
spiced beef dish, very tasty. a local dish with rice.
14.00hrs, we paid a visit to orange to sort out our
mobiles, we had to get two new sim cards and some top up to go with them
,
Later we walked back to the boat and bought a
beautifull big flower arrangment for a mere 15 euros, At home one
half the size in Douglas
Court would cost the skipper 50 euros every
week.
Back on the boat, Terry was going on about the
different times on the different clocks, ie All starting times and finishing
times are
calculated on the starting time, where ever we
start from, so when we sailed from the Coco's islands to Mauritius ( a distance
of 1,300 miles )
our finishing time was taken in Coco's time, even
though the clocks had moved back 2.5hrs, and all our clocks were adjusted
accordingly
except the E120 chart plotter, so we would know by
looking at that instrument where we were in Coco's time, therefore we had
different times above and below deck, So Terry would be heard saying
" I wonder what time it is down below, or what time is it in Darwin, or
what time is it in Mauritius now, "
* ='* are we nuts or what !
We checked the emails, and had many including one
from Rom, great , we havent had a laugh for a while and he is very funny with
his emails, He described the surprise 60th birthday
party he threw for his wife " Verna " a major success by all
accounts. and his account
as usual was witty and entertaining.
17.00hrs We collected our rent a car, a
citron C1, golly gosh , was this thing small for the 5 of us, it
will be the classic case of sardines in a can .
but it was all we could get, so be
happy.
17,45 hrs, We entertained some of the owners and
crews from the W ARC boats, just for drinks while our roast chicken dinner was
cooking
in the oven This went very well and we had a laugh,
however we were swamped with bloody moths, millions of the beggers, in your
eyes, up your nose, in your hair, in your drink, in the food, J+*'s afull
blinkin things. mind you they dont bite or sting.which is wonderfull down in
this region.
In Australia, it was the case ---- If
it did not eat you, it would kill you with a sting -------
When the guests departed at 8.30pm we sat down and
had our roast stuffed chicken, roast spuds, creamed potatoes, carrotts and
brussell sprouts.
We enjoyed that food and had a few night caps
before hitting the scratchers,
Thats it from moth land .
Signed :- Stephen
Hyde ( Skipper )
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