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American Spirit II - Day 126; Crowded Clinic, Follie a Deux HUKA Day, Provisioning, Expenses and Dinner at the Yacht Club; Friday, May 9, 2014



6:30 AM up. Had to make it to the doctor's office by 7:30 AM before it got too crowded. Arrived at 7:25 AM and was already 5th in line. Actually ended up being 6th in line due to one 'line cutter.' Dr. Duval seemed pleased with the infection's regression, and said that it should be 'all better' by next week. I still have multiple abscesses, and when I asked him if he was going to lance any of them, he said no. I persuaded him to give me 2 more prescriptions for the antibiotics I was on, in the event I needed more for the current infection once I left Bora Bora. I'll see him one more time before leaving Bora Bora on Tuesday, May 13 to start the next leg of our journey. Once we leave Bora Bora, we're out of French Polynesia. And away from any sort of medical help until we get to Niue, an island belonging to New Zealand. Won't be there for a couple of weeks or longer. The pharmacy was surprised to see me, again. So far I've spent about $500 on prescriptions and bandages.

Once back at the boat Joel and I had breakfast. I then worked on expense reconciliation while Joel swam to Follie a Deux and helped Brian Ramsey used the HUKA to clean the bottom of their boat. It was the first time they'd used their 'new' HUKA. We'd already used it twice. Brian liked using it a lot and may now be interested in getting his SCUBA certification at one of the islands we'll be visiting in the future.

No lunch today, just snacks like pears, oranges or apples.

We started buying some items for our provisioning. We need two weeks of food to last us until we get to Niue on May 27.

For dinner we ate in the MaiKai Yacht Club. Before ordering I requested a drink called a 'Polynesian Orgasm.' I'm not kidding. The drink menu said: "Polynesian Orgasm: Single or multiple..? Banana infused rum, Amaretto, papaya & passion fruit juice blend." When I asked our waitress, Jessica, what the difference was between a single and a multiple...drink, she said that there was none; that it was a joke to give customers the option. I asked her if people ordered the single or multiple and she laughed and said that they always order the..... I forgot her answer. Sorry. I had Prawns and Joel had Duck. Back in the US we call the Prawns I had for dinner 'shrimp.' Prawns are usually the size of small lobsters,not small shrimp.

After dinner we ran into the couple on a German boat called Circe, and Joel and Karl Heinz had a discussion about using one's water maker in a polluted anchorage. We hadn't ever used our water maker in an anchorage due to the unknown quality of the water. With other boats around, the water could have some 'bad stuff' in it if any boats didn't use their holding tanks while in the anchorage. In the anchorage in Panama, on the Pacific coast, the local community actually dumped raw sewage into the ocean not far from our boats. At any rate, we haven't been making water in anchorages because Joel was concerned that we could get a virus from any human waste in the water. However, in Joel's conversation with Karl, they Googled some information about the issue and determined that the molecular size of salt particles (NACL) were smaller than any virus that could be introduced, and our filtering system kept salt particles out so it would keep any virus's, which are larger, out also. However, many boats we've talked to have always made water in the anchorages.

After dinner we filled up 2 jerry cans with water from the tap at the yacht club, then headed back to the boat. We'd already brought the cans with us, so why not fill them?

We watched the Bruce Willis movie Tears of the Sun. Ok movie if you let reality go while watching it.

It was noisy in the anchorage tonight as the yacht club was having a 'disco night.' The music was quite loud, and as of midnight it was still going strong. Lot of drums, and some Rap music, in English. Go figure. Before we left the yacht club earlier in the evening, patrons were lined up outside, and had to pay a cover charge, to enter.

358 days until home.

Brian Fox




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