ready to go
Bandit
David Morgan and Brenda Webb
Mon 5 May 2014 13:49
08:55S 140:05W
After a lovely day and night in Daniel’s Bay we headed back to Taiohae to
drop off our Bulgarian backpackers. They had been great company and
it was fun to have some enthusiastic young people on board for a day or
two. We had drinks with them at a waterfront bar before they set off to
pitch their tent – they refused our offers of a bed on Bandit. We
caught up on internetting and headed back to Bandit for yet another early
night. It is dark here by 6pm which makes for a very long night.
We’ve adopted the local habit of having an early night (hate to admit it....but
sometimes we’re in bed by 8pm!) and early start to the day. We seem
to be up as soon as it’s light – 6am. We are managing to read our
way through a lot of books with all these early nights.
We checked the weather and it’s looking good to head to nearby Ua Pou today
so, once we’ve stocked up on baguettes, brie and pain au chocolate we shall set
sail. It’s only a couple of hours away and we plan to stay a night or
perhaps two before heading to the Tuamoto islands – a four day/night sail south
west.
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