Tag: kids
Tropical Parties
Beany smiled from ear to ear as she swung from a palm tree frong. The small camp fire cracked and whistled behind her, while the sun slowly sunk away. Ak rolled down the sand dune squealing. A party f... Read More
Schooling Island style
The village was a buzz with excitement, prep week had been going on for the last 4 days, but today was the exciting singing and dancing. The whole school marched through the village singing son... Read More
Child free bus rides
A 5hr bus trip alone with two young kids would be any parents worst nightmare, but I got this sorted, just call me champion Mum ha ha ha. I let Ak and Beany browse the seats looking for the comfiest, ... Read More
Sigatoka sand dunes
I skulled my first official bilo of kava and was welcomed into the mans family. It had been an enjoyable ceremony but He had caught us hook, line and sinker in a very crafty way and now my mouth was n... Read More
19 days of smiles and not a cocktail to be seen !
What an incredible 19 days. 19 days worth of dishes are finally getting done, the boat finally getting a layer of dust washed off and I can use my toilet. Such a lady of leisure being able to use my t... Read More
Fibreglass prickles
12 days with out a toilet, with out a sink, with fibreglass prickles all through our beds, climbing the ladder, the wind shuddering the boat. Even after 12 days we are nowhere near ready to go back in... Read More
A hard days labour
The fibreglass started peeling away, the water seeping out. Slade ground the boat back to within a millimetre of its life. Osmosis is not a good thing for a boat. For two days Slade meticulously groun... Read More
Time to haul out
That dreaded time has come where we need to sit high and dry for awhile and suck in some fibreglass dust. Hauling out is something every sailor dreads. We had originally planned to haul out back in AU... Read More