NZ visas
Zepher
Chris & Lyn Darch
Sun 24 Feb 2008 11:07
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New Zealand Visas
Feb 24tn 2008
Hi All,
Well its been a strange month, new crew arrived at
the beginning of the month , Rob and Ruth, a week after the Hotel Zephyr closed
here doors,Rob and Ruth settled in well and we started getting the boat ready
for Panama , we were waiting on new insurance docs and new money cards from the
UK it coincided with the holidays here which go on for a week, mean while our
mail in transit took nearly two weeks to arrive , just as the last pack arrived
and we were prepping to leave a large bomb shell arrived in the form of an em
from the NZ visa agent saying that our visas were approved and that we had to
get them stamped into our passports by early July, after the fiasco with DHL
again, we thought that if we sent them from here to London , approx three days ,
about a week on some ones desk before getting a stamp and another five to
ten days to get them back here another month would have gone, plus the risk of
loosing them and all that that entails we opted to send "Capt. Veg locker" back
to Blighty it was a mad rush , booked tickets Thursday on Plane Friday in
embassy Monday , collect spares Tuesday , lucky as the grey tank pump diaphragm
had given up the goast and the remaining incumbents spent a day pumping out the
bilges and trying to figure out the system without Veg Locker or Washboards
guidance, Rob and the girls effected a good repair and all was well in the grey
tank area when Capt. Veg Locker returned .
All jobs completed , so Monday we will be
going to anchor to scrub the bottom , once that is completed we will at last set
sail for Panama , blog service will resume as normal with new contributors
putting in there ten pennies worth .
A name has been put forward to replace Capt
Fluffy , it is Pinky Pom Pom , but we dont know yet if we will get approval ,
but a vote from the outside would help .
Thats All for now
The Rhum Noahs
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