A cuople of quiet days

Aug 22, 1630
Still tied to guest dock of Apooiti Marina
Aloha Everyone, it has been quiet here since Jane left. We have been doing some cleaning and generally laying low since it is has been raining a bit. Randy, Rocky and Darlene arrive in the morning. Spent some time yesterday aboard a Swedish 100' schooner. Quiet and interesting fellow and interesting boat. We may be back aboard again this evening. His bowsprit was broken due to some mismanagement and is being rebuilt, so we have seen him a few times over the last few months. This morning we headed to town, walked, went to open market, had lunch at our favorit pizza place on the wharf and headed to the grocery store.
There have been many changes noted since we were here last time. The one I think of the most is photos. We have taken hundreds of pictures an some of our crews have down loaded their pictures onto our comp or ipad. We have literally over a thousand pictures. Can you imagine the cost of the film and developing of that film for all of those pictures!? Another big change, of course, is increased development. Some in Uturoa, lots in Bora Bora, particularly the over the water hotels on the east side motus. When we were there before i '91, there were none there and we could go ashore there and look for shells. Another difference is more boats, but particularly, the huge mega yachts, both sail and power. 'We have seen numerous 50million dollar "toys". Wouldn't mind spending a few days on one of those! However, I am clear that they are not having any more fun than Karin and I! All for now. Aloha, David and Karin


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