Kauehi; Taumotus

What a lovely bay. The sea is flat and the water turns all the shades of blue as it heads to the beach, punctuated by black and as it gets shallower brown to green patches of coral. We headed ashore and tied up at the pier in front of the church. There are some beautiful fish around the pier. We then walked through the little village that lines the bay. It's very small but very neat and tidy. There is one little shop and we manage to get some cheese and a juice there before continuing along the road until we got to a lovely beach. We must have walked a kilometer or more along in the water and the sand felt like velvet on the feet. We stopped where a coconut palm was low enough to pick the yellow coconuts (the nice fizzy yellow ones) and had one each to drink. We continued along the beach and then finally worked our way back through the coconuts palms to the village. We headed back to the boat for lunch and spent the afternoon doing some work on the steering, as the cables needed tightening and checking as there was a noise coming out of the pedestal while the Aries was steering. It would have been an easy job but there is always one ... just one screw that will not come out and ... Okay, so that is all sorted and back together again and the bed is back together as that all needed to come out to get to the Quadrant above the rudder. Tomorrow we want to explore the weather side of the island and maybe do some snorkelling. Then the solar panel wiring must be checked as there is no current coming through. At least there is a good breeze and our wind generator is doing its bit by keeping the batteries topped up. So a full day tomorrow, but then if we go sit on the beach all day that's also OK because that's cruising. Till next time...

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