Thatchting 101
The Adventures of the Good Ship Equinox
Cate and Chris Galloway
Tue 15 Sep 2009 07:43
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Hi All,
Another great day in sunny Nivani Is - we are
having a great time enjoying the natural beauty of the place and learning from
the locals how they live. This morning we did some school, and then all of the
kids in the anchorage and their parents went snorkelling on the sunken Japanese
Zero here in the lagoon.
After lunch we worked alongside the locals helping
them to thatch the roof of the hut they are building for the rally. It was
pretty cool learning how to thatch a roof panel from coconut palms and then how
to fix the panels in place using bark twine made from a local tree. Towards the
end of the afternoon the work ground to a halt and we all sat around, Dims Dims
and locals alike and ejoyed the afternoon sun.
Fishing score today - one small (30cm) barracuda
caught and returned - too small.
Tomorrow we are going across to the Panapompom
elementary school to witness the PNG Independence Day celebrations. Once they
heard all the yachties were coming, they adjusted the time later so we wouldn't
have to depart the boats at 0645!
Happy Birthday Bryce (for today) and Brian (for
tomorrow).
TTFN
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