Aitutaki
Nakesa
Fri 21 Sep 2012 19:19
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18 51S 159 48W
Aitutaki
After starting the trip in a full gale we
ended beaclmed and motoring, arriving in Aitutaki at around 0830..I didnt raise
the crew and they awoke to stillness and sunshine!
We were asked to move from the anchorage to a
mooring to protect the coral which when we upped anchor we had obviously
snagged...ooops, there was lots of scrapes and rumbles.
I went ashore and cleared in. The first shock being
Polynesians with abroad New Zealand accent..gone were the soft singing
French voices, but the natives werer friendly and before long even a car hire
was arranged. The fun thing was that the collection from the Tourist Information
to the car hire office meant driving the whole length of the island on its only
road, so that when we actually had the car there was nothing to
do!!!
We drove around visiting hotels and enjoying bar
snacks until evening and then went to dinner (at the car hire place) and to a
hotel for a fantastic drum dancing and fire show which was amazing and eneded
with a great finale of Aston and me being pulled up to dance with two very
sexy hula girls..........we were GREAT!!!!
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