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.WE JUST LEFT PITCAIRN. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL,
VERY GREEN. THE PEOPLE WERE FRIENDLY, I'D LIKE TO LIVE THERE. THERE WERE
LOTS OF "BOUNTY" THINGS, QUITE INTERESTING. THEY DRIVE YOU AROUND ON
FOUR-WHEELERS AND THE LANDING IS EXCITING, VERY FAST. THE SCHOOL LOOKS
FUN, WITH A GOOD PLAYGROUND THAT DOESN'T HURT. THE WEATHER IS BAD, SO WE
COULDN'T STAY LONG, BUT I'D LIKE TO TAKE A SHIP THERE.
SINCERELY, EMMA.
WE ARE CURRENTLY 100 MILES WEST OF PITCAIRN
ISLAND, SAILING NICELY. WE ARE HEADED FOR TAHITI WHEN WE WILL BE FINISHED
WITH LONG PASSAGES. THIS IS OUR FOURTH PASSAGE SINCE MEXICO, AND WE HAVE
BEEN GETTING BAD WEATHER FOR MOST OF THE TIME SINCE WE LEFT THE GALAPAGOS
IN MAY. WE WENT GALAPAGOS, EASTER ISLAND, PITCAIRN, WITH GALES GETTING US
THERE, AND CALMS STOPPING US. OUR ENGINE BROKE IN MAY, SINCE THEN WE
HAVEBEEN ON WATER AND ELECTRICITY RATIONS. ANCHORING IN EASTER ISLAND WAS
VERY HARD WITH NO ENGINE, WE DIDN'T EVEN TRY AT PITCAIRN. THE WEATHER WAS
TERRIBLE AT EASTER,SO WE DIDN'T ENJOY OURSELVES, THE WIND KEPT SHIFTING
AND WE HAD ONLY ONE NIGHT AT ANCHOR. THE PEOPLE WERE FRIENDLY, LOTS OF
HORSES, AND EVERYTHING VERY EXPENSIVE. WHAT WE SAW OF THE STATUES WAS
COOL, THEY WERE HUGE AND SOLEMN.WE WERE AT EASTER FOR A WEEK. PITCAIRN WAS
GREAT. THEY BROUGHT US INTO SHORE, DROVE US AROUNG IN THIER 4-WHEEL BIKE
THINGS, PERFECT FOR THE DIRT ROADS, GAVE US LUNCH, WATER, PRODUCE FOR
NOTHING. THEY ARE A TINY COMMUNITY ON THAT TINY, ROUGH, ISLAND. WE WENT TO
THE SCHOOL WITH ABOUT 9 KIDS, AND HAD SO MUCH FUN PLAYING ON THIER
PLAYGROUND; BASEBALL, A TRAMP, A MAYPOLE WITH A SPINNING TOP SO YOU COULD
KEEP GOING AROUND, GATHERING SPEED, ROPES HUNG BETWEEN TREES WITH
HANDROPES SO YOU COULD WALK ACROSS. WE HADN'T SEEN KIDS WHO SPOKE ENGLISH
SINCE MEXICO. WE WERE ON PITCAIRN FOR ONE DAY, HAD A BLAST, AND LEFT THAT
SAME NIGHT IN A GALE. NOW THE WIND IS BETTER, AND MAYBE WE WILL HAVE A
REASONABLE PASSAGE. BRONWEN |
