On Passage to Sydney!,
Nakesa
Sat 17 Nov 2012 12:35
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Saturday Night
a blog entry at
last!!!!
It's Saturday night and I tore myself away from the
loud music and transvestites at the Hard Rock (difficult) and finally set
off. It is early morning and with 25knots from the south I am doing between 10
and 11 knots towards New Caledonia.
It is never easy to leave a place that you love and
we have found loads this trip but Fiji has stood out above them all..it is
beautiful and has the best people in the world,,fact!!!
.....so much so , and here comes the shock
horror.. that the family have decided to move there this coming January...
breaking news you heard it here first! Yes, sea sickness, a yearning for same age company
and a diminishing bank account has finally got the better of the
ships crew, which is not suprising really, the family have been so good
indulging jme for th east 3 years...they deserve a decent run
ashore!
After Sydney we will return to Nadi for the
children to start in the International School at the end of Jan (the start of
the school year). I will return and move Nakesa to NZ for a few months and a
Easter cruise with family and then back to Fiji for next season.
However....I am going to complete the
circumnavigation by doing stages single handed and working in between (it could
take a few years!!) with family holiudays in the good bits, so Nakesa will keep
moving!
Anyway, all exciting stuff and the reason you
havent heard from us for so long is that..WE WERE HAVING TOO GOOD A
TIME!!!!!, I was also looking at businesses, schools, etc
We partied very hard with Cant and DB
cruised the Yasawas, which was v scary as lots of the coral reefs are
uncharted and difficult to see, a couple of near misses were had and we
certainly owe the boat to Josh Foote foor his super sharp reef spotting ability!
WE also ran out of gas (Not petrol Americans!) for the first time and had
to barbeque on the beach for a few nights after paying Sevu Sevu to the chief of
the village which involved drinking Cava, giving up my youngest child and hear
everyone exclaim loudly when they heard Phaedra was half Fijian.
It turns out that everyone is Phaedras cousin in
the Yasawas!
So after getting thrown out of most of the
backpacker resorts for laughing too much (seriously) we returned for 2 weeks in
Denerau..one of the best marinas anywhere, water electricity and a morning paper
all for £18 per night!!!!
So yes it was hard to leave but at least not for
long.
So how are you all doing..drop me a line if you
have time (no attachments please) as I will be at sea for 2
weeks!!!
Love to all
Graham
sent from sat phone
SY Nakesa
sweethearts and wives ...may they never
meet, and the Queen, God Bless 'er!
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