Saturday 3rd August
A different day
to yesterday…
This morning there
was a call over the rally radio asking for people to come and take some of the beachcleaning
ladies out to visit a boat. Pete and I
sent John off in the dinghy, and he came back with Gertie and Vera
wreathed in
smiles and THRILELED to spend half an hour on board. I wouldn’t have been quite as sanguine about their
visit, as they wobbled out of the wildly tossing dinghy, had I known that they couldn’t
swim… Gertie flirted her head off, first with John, and then even more so with
Pete when she found out he was Captain O Captain. “Oh, let me have a photo taken with
Pete! He is SO handsome!! Do I look pretty?” as she nestled into his
shoulder. When they left, Gertie asked
John if he would like to go for a walk with her. “I’m not game!” he said, retreating
rapidly.
Pete and I were
on a mission to get all of the computer/internet glitches sorted with The Team
(above), so we went straight back into shore and I think Pete had about four long
hours with poor beleaguered Indri and his support staff…
I stayed for
lunch with a nice group of new BFFs, and then made my way by taxi out to the Ima
Hotel, about five kilometres away. Pete and
John had met a very nice woman when they were off buying bread flour the other
day.
Joice works as
a branch bank manager during eh week, and at weekends runs a spa in this hotel,
and she had given them her card, saying that Pete’s “wife” might like some nail
art. I had a lovely time. Tanya was supposed to come with me, but she stayed
on board Pedoja, relaxing. Joice organised
her minions (one on each limb) to give me a scrub…oh what bliss! This involved a bit of he usual massage stuff,
but the main event was a rub down with gently scented body scrub, quite
abrasive. The perfect thing for someone still
suffering from midgie-inflicted itches!
They then gave
me a manicure and Joice did the finishing touch – nail art! I took a photo but it looks quite ghastly…pink
and white flowers, quite crusty, on each nail…
But it will be great for tonight – we are having our gala dinner, in just
a few minutes…
MUST GO!!! Am wearing my long Vanuatu dress, all the colours
of a tropical cocktail…(We have been instructed that women should cover their legs…)
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