There was no wind at all last night and mosquitoes came en masse to visit. So at 3 AM I was awake and I just couldn’t fall asleep again… In the morning I could hear a lot of grumbling coming from the other boats nearby, so it seems that I was not the only one who didn’t sleep too good. The shops are back to their regular opening hours and so I got down to work early today. I went for a visit at the health office to complete the customs clearance procedure and then I had to send a form to the Fiji Islands. As I stood there waiting, I realized that I had forgotten the ship’s papers so I had to go back to Guppy. Back at the health office I learned that I had to pay 100 Tonga-Dollars [ 58 US $ or 39 Euro ] which I did not have with me. Why couldn’t they say so before?… So I went to find an automatic teller machine to get the money just so I could get another dull paper slip in return. On my way back to Guppy the bags with all my purchases started to rip apart so, grumbling, I tried to walk a little faster to bring my stuff safely to my dinghy… And so it went on and on with my day’s tasks… In the evening aboard Guppy I realized that I had lost the starter key for the dinghy… It really was a day full of pitfalls… hihi. But in the end everything worked out fine and I have done lots.

Laura