A Week is a Very Short Time...
The Adventures of the Good Ship Equinox
Cate and Chris Galloway
Wed 17 Aug 2011 03:31
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Position at 1500 Vanuatu Time (GMT -11) 15.21.6005S
167.11.4874E
At Anchor, Turtle Point Resort, Oyster
Bay
Ahoy Me Hearties,
We have just enjoyed an amazing week in one of the
most sheltered and beautiful spots in the South Pacfic. Vanuatu is becoming a
bit of a surprising country and the cruising here is pretty cool.
In the last week we have enjoyed a number of fun
activities, which have included visits to the local blue holes (quite
substantial rivers which emanate from deep holes a couple of km inland), a
tour of the local waterfall cascades (where we floated down a gorge carved in
the limestone then walked up the cascades) and had very enjoyable social program
also. While the weather has not been perfect every day, it has not dampened our
enthusiasm for getting out and about.
In between our gadding about the girls have been
pretty good with progressing school as well.
Today we have moved down to the other end of the
anchorage to the second resort hereabouts at Turtle Point. The resort here is
run by an acrobat and aerialist named "Fat Matt" who is a member of one of
Australia's circus families. Thiis evening we will be treated to dinner and a
show put on by Matt, so it should be good fun.
Tomorrow we will get underway earlyish (about 0700)
and move down to Palakula anchorage. There we should be able to travel over to
Luganville cheaply to do some shopping and stock p. This is important as we will
be touring the eastern islands, none of which has a sufficienty major centre to
top up at for the next couple of weeks. There may also be an opportunity to dive
Million Dollar Point and the wreck of the "President Coolidge" - the point was a
dumping ground for materiel post WWII, and the Coolidge s a large troopship
which struck a mine and sank in the approaches to Luganville. Will see how we
go.
We are looking forward to a fun night out, will let
you know how it goes.
TTFN
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