21 August 2016
A few of our cruising buddies, the guys with boat loads of "toys"; kayaks, paddle boards, kite surfers, diving kit etc... finally caught up with us in Maupiti so it seemed in order that we should dine out.
Before we get to that, the "toys" thing is an issue that I finally got a hold of just last week. For the last few months, we've been taking it easy passing through the Society Islands; days spent just chilling, (whatever that means: certainly never had time for that nonsense in my day), days fixing stuff, island tours, swimming with the fishes, walks on the beach, climbs up the hills, wifi to home etc....
However no matter how much we faffed around we couldn't go slow enough and consequently left our social / party group behind.
It was only after I'd chased them up asking where they were and what was taking them do long that I realised they had " TOYS".
While I'm varnishing, they're out surfing. While I'm scrubbing the bottom of the boat they're having a dive with the shark life. While in being dragged off on a walk, "let's walk left this time for a change. Haven't done Left for 48 hours" they're kite surfing.
That's why it's taken them an age to pass through these islands. So, come New Zealand, I'm buying me some toys.
So, we went swimming with the Manta rays. Giant, elegant underwater eagles.