Graptolite - Atoll Number Two
Graptolite's Sailing Log
Martyn Pickup & Heike Richter
Mon 7 Apr 2008 03:43
This is the official part of the trip where you can say "How come Pickup
gets to go to such fabulous places when he's so worthless?"
The Graptocrew went diving today. My first proper dive as it happens
although Heike and Colin have done more. The water was crystal-clear, the
fish and sharks were plentiful and the coral was huge. It was outside Manihi
atoll where the drop-off down to the ocean floor made diving like flying
around a mountain. Or falling off a mountain, in my case, until I got the
buoyancy under control. I suspect that I'm now well spoiled for more
run-of-the-mill dive sites. There will be video posted when I get Wifi
again.
After a black pearl buying opportunity we set sail out of Manihi seven miles
to the next atoll of Ahe. Ahe is a bigger producer of pearls than Manihi but
has no hotels, bars, restaurants, internet cafes or shops that we could find
but the natives are friendly and seem to be very happy just strumming their
guitars, kicking footballs around and playing with puppies in the street.
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