Well, it has been a while. The internet connectivity in Vanuatu was problematic, to say the least, and then one thing led to another …. Sorry about that, but I’ll try to catch up a bit now before we launch off back to New Zealand.
So, where are we? In a nutshell, we left Vanuatu on Friday, 30 September, for a magnificent two-and-a-half-day passage over to New Caledonia. We’ve been here ever since, and are sitting at anchor now at Ile des Pins (Isle of Pines, the southeastern extremity of the southern lagoon), waiting for suitable weather for the passage to New Zealand.
We came down here a week ago, with a good forecast for departure earlier this week. The weather gods changed their minds, though. It then looked good for today, but that didn’t pan out either. No idea now how long we might have to wait, but it looks like it might be another week or more. Then again, considering the trouble and expense many people go to just to visit here briefly, I don’t expect much sympathy. There are worse places to be stuck for a while. There are a number of other boats waiting here with us, and we are friends with most of them, so it’s a rather social time.
I left you about to sail back to Lakona Bay on Gaua, in the Banks Group of northern Vanuatu, for their festival there. That extraordinary event is the subject of my next post.
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