Currently at Komo in the Southern Lau. Did our sevusevu yesterday with our guide Matai and the aging chief. Matai gave us a tour of the village and we were able to buy a few eggs. He said the supply ship was due today and in fact it came in last night just before sunset. It will be a busy but happy day for the village today as they unload supplies.
The anchorage is on the north side of the island and the pass into the harbour was easy. Good thing as our 5 hour sail from Labeka took all day as it was of course upwind. We arrived at sunset and happily got the anchor down in 30 feet on the first try. The village is on the south side of the island, about a 20 minute walk over the hill. The first thing we came to was the school. Funny how kids playing outside is a universal sound. Then paved path from the school into the village was lined with painted plastic bottles - a very colourful and pretty way to use that plastic. Except for one barking dog, everyone was friendly. Matai showed us his house, and promised us bananas today. In exchange, we copied some movies onto a usb for him. Note to self, next time bring more empty usb drives. We are also going to give him some of our recorded DVDs. hopefully they will work on his machine.
Yesterday morning was a work morning. The raw water pump we replaced in Tonga, started leaking like crazy, so we had turned off the valve to the water inlet, which in turn overheated the pump to the freezer. So, Dennis had to rebuild the old pump - thank you Josh for bringing the parts. It is a pain in the butt to remove and replace, but it is done and appears to working, and the freezer is working again too. A hard but productive morning.
Today the plan is to hand off the usb/dvds to Matai, snorkel and hopefully have a fire and dinner on the beach. Its raining at the moment, but its not socked in, so maybe it will clear up enough to go on with the plan.
We will be here a day or two, depends on the weather, the next island is not far, but really dont want another day of bashing.
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