Saturday 22nd May 2015
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| Tahuna is so pretty |
Yesterday was much
less adventurous. I rather had the stuffing knocked out of me – it is THE HEAT,
I declare, not the fact that I am UNFIT!!
Firstly though I
have to report a very sad thing. I am,
as they say, totes devo. (Totally
devastated for those who do not speak ValleyGirl.) My big iPad has gone AWOL. Yes I know I have lots of devices: a MacBook
Air (laptop), an iPhone 5, a mini iPad and my big iPad but…I need and love them
all. They all form part of my support
system. Captain Pete cannot meet all of
my needs, wonderful though he may be.
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| Something is missing…oh Big iPad, where are you?? |
WHERE is
it??? I had it in the afternoon, after I
got my internet simcard, because I spent a very happy time co-ordinating things
on my Kindle app, onto both iPads, from my computer. It should be on he table, with its friends,
or on the couch. Just MAYBE I had it in
the cockpit in the evening, when I was reading and watching the sunset while
the dinner was cooking down below. So maybe I left it on the seat…this has
happened in the past… The only thing I can think of is that someone crept on
board at night and took it. NOT really
likely – why would they just take this, and not the very good binoculars only a
metre or so away from the iPad?? So at
the moment it is just a Mystery of the Sea and I am bereft. (I love my electronic devices more than most
people do…)
While I was doing
the washing in the morning, I heard cries of joy from outside. “Hello!
I love you!” And there in the
water, not far form 2XS, was a gang of cheeky boys, wreathed in smiles. They climbed aboard (without an actual
invitation…) and one of them said, “We are VERY hot!” I took this as a request and made them each a
cold drink of Tang and then off they went, shouting THANK YOU THANK YOU!!
We went shopping
at the market in the middle of the day - Mad Dogs and Englishmen, yes I know… I
bought two new umbrellas because I left my very best favourite colourful one
from Coron in the rental car. (Not totes devo; I am always losing umbrellas
and they only cost about $2. I am a bit
devoted to whichever is the current one but…not the way I am to my electronic
devices…)
I also bought…a
new plastic rectangular container, to act as washing up basin. Anyone who has been on 2XS in the past few
years will recognise the faithful but by now ghastly blue ice cream bucket which has
served in this role for far too long. I
am inordinately happy with the new one and am very happy for the stinky blue
one to go to the tip!
Pete got more
top-up for his phone in Tahuna. This
took FOREVER. Fortunately they provided
me with a nice little stool to sit on – I am very pathetic, today…
I did manage to
take a few photos in the streets.
Looking at them, I think Tahuna looks a bit like…Wynyard (Tasmania)!
There is an
inordinate number of churches on the island.
Some mosques, but mostly Christian churches of various flavours. Very big ones, too! David said if you want to go to church on
Sunday, you will always find a seat!
Last stop was the
market. I had comlpletely lost my powers
by then, so I found an unoccupied wooden table against a wall, asked permission
to use it, and hoicked myself up for a peaceful wait while Pete went shopping.
“Hello Mister!”
Two cheeky boys
soon became six.
I gave them each a
2XS card and they were thrilled to bits.
They also thought it was the funniest thing in the world when I pointed
at a nearby cat stealing a bit of lunch
and said MIAOW! These boys were
very easy to amuse… Eventually someone
told them I wasn’t a Mister but I was a bit sorry when they changed, more
correctly, to Miss. I enjoyed being a Mister!
I am easily amused too.
A man from a nearby stall came up saying, Photo!” He had the aforementioned cat cradled in his arms and he posed very nicely for the camera, and beamed when he saw the result.
The man who owned
the table I was sitting on came up to ask if I was American. When I said “No, Australian,” he replied,
“Aha! Bali Nine! No good!” and made a throat-slashing
gesture. “No,” I said sadly, “No good at
all…” (I think we were at cross
purposes…)
Off to sea today!! 6 hour shifts...
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