Glutteny
L'Esprit de la Mer
Dr Chris Bates
Mon 7 Jul 2014 01:28
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The saturday street party was disappointing . We
were fortunately warned by lawrence the landlord of 'boutny bar' to be careful
and in the end decided to gie it a miss . Good adice from what we susequentltly
heard . Talking to a fisherman on the quay it appears that the monarchy does
not hae uniersal approal . It's is still absolute dispite changes after the
riots of a few years ago and some consider it to be corrupt . The goernment
isappointed from the 'nobles' by the king so no popular representation . The
King had appealed for an end to glutteny at this years festial but still it
appeated a bad time for turtles ,, Land crabs and pigs .We roasted some local
pork on saturday eening and it was beautiful . tasted ofd the coconuts that the
animals feed on; extremely sweet . Yesterday we had a long sail around thw
islands ending at Lisa's beah wher e we now are. We shelter fro a north eastely
wnd with rain but it is ery warm . The turle here has suried the royal isit and
still swims beside the boat . We hae used the water maker to fill the tanks and
charge batteries and computers .taking the opportunity to rpair a few things and
read up on Fiji for next week
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