I think we can apply the standard phrase: Went for a hike, stunning views, caught no lobsters.
The specifics.
We tried for a while to catch some fish from the boat. Very early on we caught the interest of a large squid who grabbed the hook and squirted water at us a few times when we hauled it to the surface. That was the last we saw of it. Or anything else for that matter.
We left the lines out and went ashore for a hike. The path that circumnavigates the island didn’t go quite to the nearby beaches so we had to forge our way through foot high spongey grass while climbing a steep hill which was exhausting. Once on the main trail we followed it around clockwise through terrain even more varied than the previous day. I’ll leave it to the pictures which I’ll eventually upload to tell the story.
After one wrong turn we ended up at the one touristy bit on the island where we ate lunch and collected some free beers as a result of an offer we had in a promotional magazine we picked up in Tonga.
After lunch we completed our circuit of the island including a 5 minute diversion to a hide to see rare birds in an artificial habitat.
Back on the boat we still had no fish for bait. After dinner with the situation remaining the same we baited the lobster trap with some old chicken skin. As you can tell from the beginning of this blog we had no luck.
Perhaps we’ll have better luck today. We’ve now moved to Whamgamumu harbour where there is an old whaling station. There was practically no wind so we motored all the way. It is chilly but the skies are blue. There is a rock about a mile from here where our guide book says we can catch lobsters. We have to have hope.
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