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AM Tahiti

9:17am HAST Friday 10 March 2006 (day 13134)

Supa thanks to Carla for loaning me some cash for the rest of the voyage, until some unspecified time in the future.

Most of the GETs and some CCs will be going to Moorea (sp) island for the night. I need to write a Rob Update, but nearly have no idea what to say.

Tahitian tornado!

7:33pm HAST Friday 10 March 2006 (day 13134)

Realllly cool that we saw a tornado (water spout) over the ocean off the coast of Moorea Island in Tahiti! I got a few pics, but it was pretty far away, so I'm not sure how well they turned out.

nekked in Tahiti

7:35pm HAST Friday 10 March 2006 (day 13134)

Sitting on a bed with Petra in a bungalow in Mark's Place Paradise, a pretty cool place... with bungalows and a BBQ pit apparently and fun loft-beds with firepoles to get down and up if one prefers that over ladders...

We just got back from swimming in a huge lagoon (soooooper smooth water, with waves breaking on some coral(?) off in the distance, but basically no wave motion where we were) with warm and cold spots, various color fishies swimmin' around, and various corals growing various sizes and various degrees of sharpnitude.

We were basically all spread out over a couple acres, and Nick and I basically agreed (given that we were 60 meters apart) that it would be a good opportunity to go skinny dipping. We tried peer pressuring everyone else into it, and Kazzah was first, Yuuka second, then Matt-o (way way out toward the sea with his goggles and snorkel) third, and then most everyone else joined the fun.

I was surprised (and apparently she was too) when Petra swam up to me and climbed onto me piggyback while I had my trunks in my hand. We had clothedly been swimming together around / over various corals because she was feeling squeamish about the fish sniffing around her feet. Hahaha- she's funny!

Everyone is in the communal dining/kitchen area surrounded by beds with some slow French hiphop on the radio and vegetarians and meat eaters learning how to cook together and handle everyones' needs.

Yuuka has been forcibly removed from the kitchen more than once because she's less help(!) than they would prefer.

Mmmmmmm... Petra just gave me some of the fantastic pineapple that she taught me how to choose today. (sweet fragrance and easily plucked leaves)

zzz Tahiti

12:06am HAST Saturday 11 March 2006

I snuggled Kellie for a bit while she fell asleep last night, but then left about 20 minutes after Laura came. Laura had already called Kellie's bunk for sleeping purposes. We each spooned a bit, but there was not really room enough for three to sleep.

Carl scammed sleeping arrangements with Lisa's parents in a luxury hotel up the road. I had already paid for his accomodations here, and I trust I'll be able to get that back.