KAPA Island Tonga and Highlights
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Ellinor Ristoff Staffan Ehde
Mon 14 Oct 2013 19:43
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Hallo again! It´s been a few days. Now we are in
Kapa Island on an anchorege called Pt Maurelle.
This is a true archipellago with protected waters.
Feels great to have protection from all sides.
The day before yesterday we crewed Felice in the
yearly Tonga Regatta. The last thing I thought I would do so far out, to be in a
regatta!
We had a lot of fun, and as soon as we can upload
the pictures they will speak for themselves.
The day after, sunday we decided we had enought of
hanging on a mooring by Neiafu, the main town in Vavau.No more technical
problems to solve...
So we set sail and sailed as flat as it would have
been a lake between very green islands. For you who know Lake Mälaren, imagine
the same feeling sailing among very green islands, but change the trees to
palmtrees and other trees, and change the water to a very clear salt
water.
There you have it.
So we just sailed for an hour and a half and we are
in the middle of nowhere. Beautyful bay with pristine water. The only drawback
is that when you go ashore on this beautyful white sandy beach the mosquitoes
attack with no mercy. Gues it has to do with all the raining we have had
lately.
We are all looking forward to get visitors from
Sweden, Anders and Alexandra will come in 6 days. And since Alexandra is Erikas
best friend from home she is counting every day. When they arrive we will have a
go and check out Vavau and then moving south towards Tongapau.
The weather will be quite challenging for a few
days in the beginning but the long forecast shows lighter winds after that. So
we will most probably stay in this wonderful archipellago until it
settles.
Highlights
To continue the writing about highlights I did
interview Ellinor about what she founds to be the highlights so
far.
Ellinor things that it has been fewer meeting with
local people than she anticipated before taking off.
Her theory is that all relations are investments
with time and emotions, and with people living on an island, they know and you
know that you will disappear soon again. They have seen many yachtees come and
go.
So you end up haveing the longest, lasting
relations with other yachtees. We all move on in almost the same pace.
Ellinor thinks yachtees are quite a homogenous
group. We have all made a change in our life and there is a different priority
than work and career.
We have made some really good friends with other
yachtees.
Highlight is when you realize that we are gifted to
be with the kids all the time.
Ellinor also thinks that the ocean and the
coastlines are an ever present highlight.
Andreas
I asked Andreas right now and he came up with his
latest highlight: It was when we had pizza and I made this great plane with LEGO
and threw it into the dinghy and it broke in 1000 pieces.
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by the way, we cannot receive emails for a few days
(can only send) so we keep the satellite phone on morning and
evening
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