Surrounded by Sharks (little ones) in Suvarov...
El Vagabond
Vicki & Roger Mortimer
Sun 26 Aug 2012 23:29
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Position 13 14.89S, 163 06.58W
We arrived in Suvarov (aka Suwarrow) on
Thursday (23/08). There are hundreds of Black Tip Reef sharks plus a few
Grey ones swimming all around us and Vicki is a tad concerned that
Basil may dive overboard again...
Suvarov is a Marine Park and there are a couple of
really friendly Rangers living on the Island for half the year basically looking
after the visiting yachties. A modern day "Robinson Crusoe" from New
Zealand called Tom Neale lived here for a number of years in solitude between
1952 and 1977. (He wrote the book "An Island to Oneself"). Basically, the Island
is a deserted Paradise with hundreds of Seabirds, Turtles, Sharks and Coconut
Crabs.
There are about a dozen other yachts here and we
shall probably stay for about 10 days before heading off to Tonga for leg 6 of
our trip to New Zealand.
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