One of the fish stalls in Papeete market

And the rest of the market hall. We like shopping in places like this. Each vendor has their own spot. The only hassle is you have to pay each vendor when you buy stuff. The just rent the booths.

Selling lamb whole. This is one of the freezers in the market. What's really weird is seeing one of these in a shopping cart!

Today, the big event was Ann getting out the sewing machine and making covers for the jerry jugs up on the bow. There are seven, five-gallon plastic jugs. Two have diesel, one has gasoline, three have water and one has rum. They are our “last resort” jugs if we run out of essential liquids (yes rum is essential in the tropics). Since they are plastic, even though strong plastic, they are subject to deterioration from the sun, hence the covers. Hard work sewing in the hot cabin, even with the fans on. Sweat shop conditions.

I got up “early” (meaning before Ann, but only just) and walked up to the store and bought croissants and baguettes for breakfast. My only other real contribution for the day was to download pictures for the last month or so to this blog and to Facebook. Time consuming, but not hard.

I walked back up to the market just before lunch as Ann reminded me we were having Bob and Linda from Bright Angel over for dinner and I was cooking tuna. We didn’t have any tuna. I had to get some from the store and the local market closes at 1400. I think the person I bought the tuna from was impressed that I asked to smell it. I wanted to make sure it was fresh and she looked happy that I took an interest.

We had a great time with Bob and Linda and dinner came out great. Tuna marinated in soy sauce, wasabi, lemon pepper and a touch of chili pepper. Grilled rare inside and served over rice with Haricot Vert (French beans that are about two feet long-I cut them into two inch pieces) and Linda’s cole slaw. Perfect night.

That’s another part of cruising. We didn’t go anywhere, but had a great day.