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Laura Dawn - Pacific Log 16: Suwarrow



Imagine a true castaway island, only the height of a palm tree, surrounded by a reef; crystal clear blue waters and no one for hundreds of miles... well.. welcome to Suwarrow! I cant believe we are at another incredible destination, alright a bit of a bumpy and slow journey getting here but arrived all well on Saturday morning at first light.

There's the odd collection of black tip reef sharks that gather when you anchor to have a look at what's going on and if you make a splash, then a dozen or so come to check out what's on offer! Skyelark seems to have its own shark aquarium around their boat, but they are no bother and poodle off when they realise you are not food! (thankfully)...

Most of the second group of boats have arrived so we are almost a full fleet here, which is awesome. We had a big shared lunch on the beach and we kidnapped Jeff from Altair last night for a fire on the beach with a few rums to stargaze. Fantastic place and well worth the journey here (although if you asked me the night of crashing through big lumpy swell doing 11 knots I may not have thought so)!

We have litter picked the island to help the caretakers jobs when they arrive probably next month. It all helps keep the National Park as it should be. Their buildings are here ready for them to come back to each year and they have even left the book swap open for visitors, making it feel even more like an island that has been deserted. We are still eating the tuna and there's talk of Lars firing up the brick oven on the island for pizza later :)

LD: 22/5/17

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