
Thursday 5 October – enchanting visit to the Botanical gardens
The morning slipped by as Rowan had endless work to catch up on and I did some baking as we

The morning slipped by as Rowan had endless work to catch up on and I did some baking as we

I had managed to book a car at the Chinese hotel on the waterfront yesterday, as the Tourist information lady

Last night we were meant to have our biggest gusts, thankfully we are very well sheltered and our mooring ball

Woke up after another blissful night of sleep and just managed to get hold of Phoebe for a catch up.

We were both pretty exhausted from our 2 night passage, so having a calm night’s sleep was a real treat.

I did the 7pm to 1am shift last night, it was calm and steady, I woke up at 4am to

The wind died mid morning and this gave us the opportunity to clean the black soot off PolePole. I think

This is the best weather window for us to get to Tonga before another big weather system comes by, we

It was a blissfully comfy night in our enormous bed. Such a treat as the bar next to the marina

The only tickets I could buy for the car ferry were for a 10 am departure today returning at 8am