Pangaimotu Ashore
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Tue 3 Dec 2013 23:57
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Pangaimotu
Ashore
 What a way to a Saturday, with an egg event. Bears were both show stoppers.
 Time for a few days off, swimming, and
exploring ashore.
 The island is owned by the King who
leases it to Big Mama who in turn is very yacht friendly. We paddled in the
shallow water. The tide was out exposing dead coral,
which was incredibly hot.
 A baby
barracuda practiced his stalking position.
 We watched Dolphin of Leith hoist their much repaired main sail,
hand painted by the school children of Niue Island. They left under a strange
looking sky, shortly after, Waka Irie followed. Their plan is to stop on Minerva
Reef two hundred and fifty miles away and wait for a weather window, for the
remainder of the journey to New Zealand. We may catch them up, or see them Opua.
We wish both boats Fair Winds and Following Seas.
 We spent the afternoon laying in the
shallow water chatting. I swam back to Beez, we
showered and headed in for supper.
 A local party
boat, having a ball.
 Big Mama Yacht Club.
Sadly, no internet for a few more
days.......
  Bear
settled and enjoyed Mama’s beer.
 We watched the
children playing as we waited for our food.
  The menu may be limited but mahi mahi for Bear and cheeseburger for me (reversed on Sunday) hit the spot
perfectly.
 Beez looked
handsome in the late afternoon sun.
 We watched the
sun go down and headed home – I may
say I had a very successful time and won at backgammon, upword, sequence and
rummikub. Quadrupel Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Don’t you
be growling now..... Grrrrr.
 On Monday we
were going across the bay to Nuku’alofa to shop, internet and book a hire car to
explore the mainland. Yet another Bank Holiday, so we stayed put knowing most
places would be closed. We headed to Big Mamas and met Alex,
David and Daniel, visiting from Australia and acting as rugby referees.
Lovely to sit and chat over a few cold ones.
  A more unusual shot of Bear until he bobbed up.
 
 The boys went to check out the wreck. Alex
goes off first, followed
by David and then
Daniel
 The locals go for ‘splash’ as a
measure of a good entry.
  Alex dives and it looks as if Bear is going to catch him,
meanwhile David goes for something very balletic as
Bear continues to wave.
 Sadly, everyone has to make a dash for the
ferry.
 
 The busy little ferry goes several times a
day.
 Tuesday came and
went with chores and a fire boat stood by for a while
as one of the wrecks caught fire in the heat.
 In the early
evening she was still
aflame.
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ALL IN ALL MUCH NEEDED
DAYS
A NICE CHILL OUT
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