Back at the beach party I saw a really beautiful music instrument, it is like a twelve strings guitar… A boy was playing it and I asked him if I could try to play a piece on it. The sound of this guitar is so incredibly beautiful, it goes deep inside of your heart and that really captivated me. Then as I was visiting around the city I saw the same guitar in a small shop and after two days of dithering, I finally bought it today… Of course I spent the rest of the day playing it… It takes getting used to but its sound is so beautiful that I just could not stop playing… Yesterday Guppy and I have moved from the anchorage to one of the best places at the pier. I no longer need my dinghy to go ashore so I stowed it away… The people here in Vanuatu are very kind, and I have met many sailors who will be heading for Darwin too. This is very nice since we will meet there again for sure. I am still waiting for good weather conditions to make the big jump through the Torres Strait heading for Darwin…

Laura