“Soon”. That’s the catch. We’re actually pretty ready, but we need to just set a date to go. Without a date to work against we’ll find many reasons to procrastinate and not go. We’ve made so many friends here, it’s easy to just stay, but that’s not what “cruising” is all about.

So, what about that date? We’re now aiming for May 10th. There, now we’ve said it. We’re committed!

In the meantime, we’ve signed up for dive lessons next week to get our PADI certification. Fiji is one of the best places in the world for diving. Would be a shame to miss that.

In other news, we had a great time last night at the weekly Sunday night BBQ in the boatyard. Lots of great conversation. But the memorable line of the night-from me to John on Arnementia, who is “veddy, veddy British” (a former tank commander in the British Army I believe) after he fired off a long unintelligible sentence; “OK John, say that more slowly in English and without the accent”. The look I got might have stopped a tank but was quickly followed by hysterical laughter from everyone within earshot! A fun night indeed.