More Goodbyes

with good friends. Elias, Maki, JB and Waylon are the dedicated group
at Belau EcoGlass who are pioneering a free program to turn waste into
genuine Palauan art. They are patient and thorough teachers and we were
lucky to have had the chance to benefit from their innovative program.
We leave Palau with two beautiful, though amateur blow glasses and a
magnificent game set for the PNG islanders. Thank you Eli!




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Goodbyes

are always hard but that is the lot of those of us who migrate through
foreign ports in small boats. We spent our Sunday afternoon today over
lunch and good conversation with our friend Henry who hails from New
Hampshire now and who is a Peace Corps volunteer. We hope to share
another nice chat in some remote anchorage - somewhere, sometime -
perhaps back in the USA and maybe, just maybe, aboard Henry's future
sailboat!



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Flag?

When our PNG courtesy flag was LOB (lost on board), we literally pasted
one together from materials we had aboard.

Check, check...the departure list is getting shorter.




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One Last Trip

to Ulong in the Rock Islands where we were hoping to get some snorkeling
done out on the reef. The weather was unsettled so we stayed in the
lagoon and - gasp - worked on the boat, some of which involved
snorkeling. Zincs were changed and the propeller scraped and scrubbed
until it sparkled. What a magnificent place to remember the Rock
Islands by...



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Monsoon

In June the monsoon season began and with it came typhoon Nepartak. We
weren't threatened by the storm - it went well north - but we got much
needed rain...so much rain our tanks were filled and all of our laundry
was clean.




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Rainy Season

Ended the drought in Palau but made traveling by bicycle challenging.
We try not to get caught by squalls when out and about , but this day we
failed. Thankfully there's a lot of water available for laundry!



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Underwater Palau

In just a few short days in June 2016, a few short miles from the yacht
basin, we saw more new creatures underwater than almost any other time
we've ventured out into the Rock Islands. See our new photos in the
photo gallery at:

http://www.sv-carina.org/OurPicturesPages/OurPicturesMicronesiaRockIslands.htm



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Rock Islands!

Five idyllic days only a few miles from Malakal brought us quiet nights,
beautiful snorkeling and good company. Crocs, octopus, mandarinfish,
endemic birds, and this beauty, spotted by Philip but caught on "film"
by Glen of Backbeat using our GoPro. He is a crocodile flathead.

If only the week had stayed idyllic...the world and its horrifying news
reached us even in the islands.



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A Leaf? A Fish?

This little beauty was grazing on Carina's hull, but until it turned
around and started back in the other direction, it looked just like a
floating leaf. Sometimes the most boring of tasks - cleaning the hull -
can become wonderful.




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The Fat Cat

He was quite the cat. We were lucky he found us and chose us. He has
taken a big chunk of our hearts to wherever he has gone. Carina feels
different; we feel different.

Sometime in the future another fuzzy one will fill this hole in our
lives, but not yet.

http://sv-carina.org/ourcat.htm




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