8am fij itime (9am NZ time) babelfish ties up at Opua customs wharf
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tony zwig
Sun 28 Oct 2007 23:44
35:18.83S 174:07.34E 8am Babelfish arrived and checked in. We had to wait about
an hour, and then the process took an hour, as 4 different people conducted
customs, immigration and agriculture, during which all fresh, refrig and frozen
meat (in our case chicken) vegys, fruit, egg (we had one), garlic (we had a
kilo) was confiscated. We have now refueled and tied up for 2 nights. It is now noon NZ time Babelfish is nearing the end of its 2007 journey; 8000 miles
from LA, to Hawaii, Tahiti, Tonga, Fiji and here, in NZ. Another 120
miles to More reflections later babelfish |