Thursday 26th February 2015
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| Rosalyn and Benno |
On Friday we had
dinner and Happy Hour at Alfaros, the beautiful lighthouse resort, just near
2XS. We made friends with Benno
(Switzerland) and Rosalyn (Philippines), who were staying at the resort.
Rosalyn was
gorgeous but didn’t really win my heart by guessing my age as…75…(WTF???)
Jimmy, the resort
owner/builder/designer, tried to persuade us he is 77…SO not true…
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| Jimmy and Pete |
We had run our
food supplies right down to the very last egg so on our last night in Busuanga
Harbour we had dinner at Puerto del Sol, where I discovered that Johnalynne’s
name is really…Johnaville!!
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| Johnaville!! |
On the way we had
drinks on the splendid trawler-style boat, Shelly D, with Rory (South Africa)
and Shelly (Canada.) The protocol for
drinks on board other people’s boats is – you take your own drinks, glasses,
ice if necessary, and you also take something delicious to share. Even if it is only peanuts. But we don’t have any peanuts… So our splendid contribution to Shelly D
Drinks was: a bulb of garlic, four large shallots, and six potatoes, in a
plastic bag. We are nothing if not
stylish guests!
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| Shelly and Rory |
We haven’t had so
much SailorSocialTime for many months.
In the restaurant we met up with Hans (Switzerland) and Natalia (Alsace)
who have been sailing their beautiful 52’ Amel yacht, Esperanza. around the
world for seventeen years… Very nice people, but we possibly won’t see them
again. Ships, literally, which pass in
the night.
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| Pete with Natalia |
2XS is on a solid
mooring, under the care of the Busuanga Yacht Club, based at Puerto del
Sol. A very competent bloke called
Dingdong is going to keep a sharp eye on things while we are away.
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| Dingdong |
And yes we are away…back in Hobart. The saga of our attempts (eventually successful,
obviously,) to get here will take me a while to churn out. I am at present fairly jetlagged and incapable
of going any further…
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| Farewell to the Philippines until mid-March |
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