The village was absolutely delightful.  Immaculate, welcoming and very pretty. 

However, on closer inspection, she is making a bag to sell in the village co-operative shop.  (We bought one)

The old and the new; the dingy and the dugout with outrigger and fishing net.  The dugouts last about three years and there is a particular season for making them.  We, well actually Lorie the paddling specialist to the fleet, observed that the different islands mounted the outriggers in different ways.  All to achieve some flexibility between the outrig bit and the canoe to accommodate the waves.

When you take things for the villagers (tins of food, rope, fishing hooks, clothes, toys) you are asked what you would like in return.  Usually fruit and veg according to whatever is freely available locally.  We wanted coconuts and banana’s but the last of the ripe ones had already gone so Stanley said that he would find some and bring them out before we left.  We said not to worry if there weren’t any and thought no more about it.  Just as we were pulling up our anchor we heard shouting and saw Stanley paddling hard towards us.  Good to his word he got the ripe bananas to us.