
Tuesday 19 August – Checking out of the Solomon Islands
In the morning we headed into town to do provisioning. We have been in a big dilemma as to where

In the morning we headed into town to do provisioning. We have been in a big dilemma as to where

We set off long after Profasea, we managed to get a call to Luke and Milly, with the big time

We had a dramatic storm overnight with thunder and lightning that was scarily close. Finally Rowan got up and switched

We woke up to pouring rain, and terrible visibility, thick cloud over the islands where we were planning to do

So much rain about and big thunderstorms all evening and night, way too much lightening for our liking. We are

We got going after our second cup of morning tea, ie before breakfast! The forecast was rain and squalls so

We had a lie in after our long day yesterday, and suddenly remembered we had told Paul we would meet

We had the anchor up at 4:30am, leaving in the dark with reefs around was a little challenging, but luckily

We went for a snorkel at the pass with the steep, deep drop off. Kruno and Claudette came with us,

It was stiflingly hot as there was no breeze at all. Rowan went for an early long snorkel with Kruno