1/28: Pretty anchorage off Nusagila island in the shallow lagoon between Eloaua und Emananus Island.
2/28: We had a constant stream of curious visitors and had to give the boat tour several times a day.
3/28: There's no supply ship, so people are eager to trade!
4/28: We got more fruit and veg than we could handle and started canning ;-)
5/28: A globe comes handy when we explain where we're from.
6/28: While Vincent's brothers were cleaning the hull with Christian, the youngest brother helped me making a chocolate cake!
7/28: Some visitors came paddling, but most have sails for their canoes!
8/28: Note the creative sail made from umbrella material and the paddle to steer and stabilise the boat--no keel!
9/28: All islanders are fervent 7th day adventists and John came to preach to us on Saturday morning...
10/28: And the girls sang a church hymn for us ;-)
11/28: We visited Mananus Island
13/28: Home-made canoes, but when we asked whether people were planting trees for new ones, they just shook their heads.
15/28: Little Nusagila is home to 1000s of frigate birds.
16/28: Smurfy was fascinated, but also a bit scared by all those birds leaving in the morning
17/28: only to return in the evening.
18/28: We took the dinghy to Eloaua, the main island and main village.
19/28: To reach the main village we had to cross the island.
21/28: Eloaua has a runway, but too many clans demanded payment for its use and it hasn't seen a plane since the 80s, now people plant sweet potatoes on the runway.
23/28: On the way back we had a whole committee to keep us company on the runway.
24/28: Despite hot water and some bleaching, the underwater world is stunning outside the lagoon.
25/28: Giant clams everywhere!
28/28: 7th day adventist aren't allowed to eat turtles, so they are numerous and quite tame!
