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Right on the Beach for lunch
Today was definitely a low energy day, we went for a ride around the island so that my better half got a good run on her motor scooter before we handed it back, we combined this with a trip to the shops for a few bits and pieces, and included lunch at a small restaurant…
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Wednesday is very sore day
Wednesday is very sore day, after our scramble over the island the mission accomplished, today’s objective is trying to get the body convinced it can do simple things like walk. We went to town to buy groceries and find somewhere nice for lunch. That’s the plan. Because we could, we decided to go around the…
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A scramble over the cross island track
Today we scrambled over the cross island track, what a mission, it was hot, steep and slippery. We needed transport at the beginning of the track and pick up at the end, this meant leaving scooters at both ends. We designated Papua Falls as our end point which meant leaving two scooters there, then heading…
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Ladies on Scooters
The pressure for the girls to hire scooters had reached a peak, the time had come, there was no avoiding it we need them to have transport so we could go for our walk tomorrow. Sounds weird but that is the truth of it, problem was the initial enthusiasm for the bikes from the girls…
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Best spot yet for snorkelling
Early this morning the rest of the party turned up, five more couples and two children. One of our number was a Cook Islander with the obvious local connections. What a lazy day, moving very slowly in the warm air today, our first stop was some coffee and then we filled the bikes with petrol,…