People continue to turn up at the dockside to look at the boats and chat. It really is incredible how friendly both the locals and the visitors from New Zealand are.
Yesterday, Claire and Keith from the only other yacht here turned up to talk to us. They had lost their chart plotter and wondered if any of our boats had a copy they could use. They were directed to Mike who helped them out. Today, Claire arrives again to invite the crews of all the WARC boats over to their boat tonight for a drink. They are cruising alone and are looking forward to some different company.
Everything is closed today, being Sunday. The Cook Islands are quite religious, which we discovered travelling around the other day - there are churches of all denominations and lots of them too. Some of the crews go off to explore on foot and some hire motor scooters to go a bit further afield. John and Stephen from A Lady turn up and pose on theirs.
We have a lazy day, doing the odd jobs but basically taking it easy. At 5 pm we take the dinghy over to Claire and Keith’s boat, picking up some of the crew from Ronja on the way. John, Marie and Charles turn up a little later.
When we leave we head over to the fast food shack opposite the port and find Marie and Charles already ordering. I have calamari and a burger and Mike has fish and chips. It’s good.
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