We had a wonderful night’s sleep, such bliss not being bashed about. It was a relief to wake up with the other three boats and find we correctly anchored and secure. We are surrounded by thick green bush all the way around the bay. A few locals out fishing in their canoes. We were surprised to see so many steam jets blowing through the forest and a couple coming through the rock at the waters edge. The big volcano remained shrouded in cloud the whole day.
Customs doesn’t come out on a Sunday unless you pay extra. They have to travel nearly 2.5 hours to get here so we relaxed knowing we couldn’t go ashore or do anything. We had a good tidy up and wash down of a very salty PolePole.
The American monohull in the bay got a bee in their bonnet and decided to pay to get customs to arrive today. Customs said they would be here at 4pm and we would all have to check in as they would not return on Monday. It was great to go on land and check in, in their quaint shack – the yacht club! By that stage two other catamarans that we had passed on the way up had arrived so there were 6 boats checking in. What the poor Americans had not realised was that it was only Customs who came, Immigration and Bio Security are still coming tomorrow so we couldn’t leave our boats anyway!
We invited Frances and Rob on Alia Vita to sneak over after dark to join us for a celebratory drink. It was a good catchup with them, and then a great catch up with all the kids on the phone.
Steam vents near us
Breakfast on the BBQ as our cooker is not working
Customs office and the Yacht club!
Traditional looking houses everywhere
The path up to Customs
Lovely beach in the bay
Local fishing boat
Fierce looking spear
Leaving customs up amongst the palm trees
The entrance to the bay that we came in during the night
Rowan’s drone footage gives a very good idea of the bay
The steam vents
Evening light over the volcano, no sign of the top
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