Leaving Pangai

Leaving Paingai and the Ha'apai group as we speak. Next stop VaVau!  Should be there tomorrow morning.

Sunday service at the Wesleyan Church

Today we went to Church.  Didn't understand a single word, but we were welcomed with big smiles. The singing was amazing and well worth the 30 minute rant by the minister. Hahahaha. 

It isnt legal to do work/strenuous activity on Sundays here in Tonga. So we had a lazy day just on case the work police were out.

Sunset at Pangai, Ha'apai Tonga

Evergreen with the volcano in the background

Cruising social life

I think one of the best parts about cruising is meeting other cruisers.  

We had sundowners on sv Letting Go with the crews from Double Trouble and Citation. Lovely way to end the day.

14 June 2018. Uoleva

Wow. Time flies. 

We are now anchored off Uoleva.  We finally got out of Uonukuohifohifa. It was pretty and we did some Snorkelling. Yikes the charts for this region are about as good as the grib files. Meaning not so good. Added a few gray hairs leaving our anchorage. On the chart we were no where near the reef, in reality we drove right over the top of one. Didn't hit bottom, but dang we were close. My poor stomach lining. Hahahaha.

It was a short hop to Uiha.  Spent the night there then another short hop to our current anchorage. 

Wednesday we met up with Jo & Rob on Double Trouble and walked around the Island - 10km. What was I thinking doing that?  Was worth it though. Saw my first sea snake of the trip and generally enjoyed the company and the exercise. Dennis is nursing a sciatica type pain, so did not join us.  Hoping that resolves itself quickly.  

Jo & Rob came for drinks that evening which was also quite enjoyable.  Yes this is the cruising life we like so well.

As it is actually 3am, not sure what we will do today. If its nice, we'll probably stay put and go to Pangai to check in and get greens/fresh food on Friday and Saturday, then head back out to maybe dive with DT & Citation. Who knows????  We are back in semi internet range. Not great but gets the job done all be it slowly. 

Saturday 9 June

Friday - stayed where we were. was a blustery rainy day. Good day to just chill - which we did.

Today (Saturday) we are readying ourselves to head to Uonukuhihifo. Its about 3 hours from here. Hoping to catch up with Double Trouble.

More later

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Thursday 7 June

Still at Ha'afeva. turned into a work on the computer day. I helped Dennis enter uncharted reefs into the navigation software and he then uploaded to the system and then worked on our back up navigation. A little rant here on how Windows 10 is compatible with some of our navigation software. We installed windows 7 on the back up computer - which now has a dead screen. we are able to hook up to the TV, but yep I sure would love to be doing that in crap weather - NOT. Anyway, I hate software and software companies at the moment. It was a nice day too. Paul snorkeled the reef by shore, so at least one of us did something fun. LOL pity party over. Comes with not sleeping well.

Wanted to leave today (Friday 8 June), but at the moment we are in the midst of a squall. Maybe we will move - maybe not. Only need a 3-4 hour window. I could happen.... ]

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