Lolowai - the Five Hour Two Hour Tour
The Adventures of the Good Ship Equinox
Cate and Chris Galloway
Wed 24 Aug 2011 09:15
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Hi All,
A good sleep had by all last night after our big
day out. The anchorage here is a classic islands anchorage, with coconut trees,
grass huts, steep plunging hills, and roosters crowing. It has been a nice
spot.
Today Bruce and Marg off "Summer Soul" organised a
two hour tour with a local teacher (John). Accordingly, eleven of us climbed
aboard his ute at 1030 for what was supposed to be a two hour. At just on four
o'clock we diembarked the ute back at the dinghies having driven around the rim
of an extinct volcano (track width only - a 400m drop down either side), four
schools, a hot pool, the local shop, and the runway at the airport. The latter
was the smoothest ride of the trip, as we drove up and down the runway at 100
kmph habging on for dear life as the ute swayed ubder our load. Around here it
pays not to think too much about the potential downside of some
activities....
Tomorrow we will make the short 10nm sail across to
Asanvari on Maewo Island, where the ICA has organised a cultural festival. More
feasting and dancing, hopefully they don't have an equivalent to the Canoe dance
we saw everywhere in the Louisiades. As for Island feasts, not sure we can face
another one of those!
Will let you know how it goes,
TTFN
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