Atouna has been a great place to make landfall! Yes, we DID deploy a stern anchor(and had offers of help from three different boats to do so), but the motion is not too much (after three weeks banging around at sea, this is heavenly!) Today we spent the morning doing that wonderful activity called “cruising” ...ie...working on your boat in exotic places. What a gorgeous spot to be in. A few projects under our belt, and noon found us on our way to the Pearl Lodge for a delightful afternoon. We swam in the infinity pool, lounged on the deck, fellow shipped with dear friends, ate delicious food, downed refreshing gin tonics, and the highlight of the day, had our agent, Mousier Leron, bring our duty free fuel certificate to us special delivery! This amazing gentleman sat and chatted with us for a few minutes, giving us real insight to the culture here in the Polynesian islands. We are so fortunate to have his expertise at our disposal, and his kindness in executing the official stuff that needs to be done in such a wonderful manner. Just another beautiful day in paradise! Despite the utter lack of internet access, the hotel interlude was great. We tried the same bar we used yesterday for internet from 15:49-17:00, it was 16:00 today when we arrived, only to be told today they did not open til 18:00! Ha! Island life! Nothing is static here! It even rained it after we got back to our Sweet Dream. Lars went to the small but mighty boatyard here...they said they were closed, yet waited on him to come back to the boat, measure our moon roof hole, kayak back, then they cut the needed plexiglass for him....this is the flip side of island time.... they will help you after hours!!! Wow! I love this island! It is truly a manifestation of the Sweet Dream
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