Wow, that is one of the moring boring titles that I have posted in a while. I am sorry to all of you who were expecting me to be on the blog train... I would have, except that Papua Nwe Guinea has a severe lack of interent possibilities...or at least affordable ones. I am currently at the university of the divine word where I am able to log on and hopefully fill you guys in a little. Lets just say I am very greatful for Bonice's log at the salts website!
This leg has been amazing. I can't even describe it. I was so excited to be back offshore again and this leg has not let me down in any way. Since you heard from me last I have climbed volcanoes, snorkelled, scuba dived, raced hermit crabs on deserted islands, helped build a dugout canoe, danced, ate, painted, and met a lot of amazing people.
A story of interest that may not have been fully fleshed out in the ships log is the story of Houdinin Sylvester, our 38th crew member. At our first port of call in the Solomons, a town called Honiara, we aquired a an extra friend onboard. Our friend remained nameless for along time until we decided that Houdini was appropriate. He is rather small and black, and rather cheeky, and likes to eat the food and wheat grain that the cooks store under the bunks. He gained the named Houdini after impressing us all with his prestige at the art of dissapearing. We cornered him in the head one night and when we opened the dooir once we had deckbrush and bucket in hand, he had gone! We cornered him in the stern one night and before our very eyes he up and disapeared! To our best guesses up the main sheet and along the main boom back to whence he came... he likes to wake us up by running across our backs, he especially likes one mate by the name of Antony, he gets an exceptional spring off of his shoulders. He was slowly turning into legend, we even wondered if he left us to live with his friends who run rampant the dock here in Madang...but last nights sighting has left us with no doubts that the rat is still onboard.
I only have five minutes left, so I will say goodbye for now, and send my love to everyone!
I have high hopes that next leg I will be able to communicate a little more.
Thanks to everyone who has e-mailed and/wrote, it means the world...even if the post system in PNG has places to go...
I look forward to taking over from Karen for this leg, and will turn from a faux-W.O into a she-W.O.
Love you all!
