After a very wet, rather uncomfortable night of heaving to, we began motoring toward the Papeete harbor around 4 AM, and arrived inside around 9AM. Turning right, we glided between the red and green markers down the lagoon, past the airport, and beyond to the marina, where we were elated to find many friends we had not seen for a while. How wonderful the cruising world is, full of many interesting traveling, helpful people who are enjoying the part of life. We drank 2-for-1 beers this evening and had a fabulous seafood pizza with Steve and Derusha from sv Scream, reflecting on all of our adventures and insights gained over the last two months since we last saw one another in the Galapagos. Time to go to bed.
It is now morning and we just returned from taking our propane tank to the Mobil station to have it filled. We stopped at the little marina market that seems to have everything anyone could possibly want! WOW! Culture shock! The gas station has a Stop N Go little market as well, and as we walked along the very busy street full of traffic and noise, we fully realized how immediately we have found ourselves right back in the "modern" consumer world. I will send this now so you will know we did indeed arrive safely and I will begin the quest of finding out how to get access to the internet. Love, Suzi
PS The yachting world is focused on watching the world cup semi-finals right now; the competition between Germany and Spain is very much alive!
PS from Kris: The yacht club they are visiting is at 17 degrees 35'10" S 149 degrees, 36' 57" W on Google Earth.
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