Matt and Riina are staying in a hotel on the south side of Rarotonga for a few days to put some "sleep in the bank," before we shove off. They rented bikes yesterday and circumnavigated the island "anti-clockwise," with the traffic on the left side of the road.



We have 5 neighbors at the wharf now, including Mattie on, "Snoopy," right next to us. He is from Helsinki and it was great fun to see Riina startle him by calling over to him in his own language (Riina is also from Finland). He seemed pretty happy to talk to someone from home, since apparently his wife only visits him a few times a year on his circumnavigation.



We are in project mode, and Dan is being as handy as he can, which is actually quite handy, considering his mobility. The epoxy is out to fix a fish-sawing incident on the transom, and to better secure the toilet seat, which has become quite adventurous when the boat is heeling over!

Dan's torn meniscus is slowly healing with the excellent advice of Christine and the brace combined with lots of icing. He feels that he is improving enough to continue, so we plan to shove off Saturday morning for Suwarrow Island (still part of the Cook Islands). BTW: we are on the same time zone as Hawaii.