Saturday was a tidy up and rest day. More so for Ben as he was a little hung over from the night before. Helen and I along with Ken from Trim dove “The Chimney”. It turned out to be a great experience. Helen encountered four snakes (she was counting) and easily kept her distance. After an initial wrong turn we found the entrance to “The Chimney” at 90ft. After a short horizontal stretch the chimney rose up to about 20ft. It was narrow and full of nooks and crannies, a sort of upwards Alice Through the Looking Glass experience. Ken kindly refilled our tanks so we’re good to go on our next dive.<\/p>\n

We did go ashore to fill our water jugs and to pay off our tab at the Niue Yacht Club. We ended up with NZ$5.40 after everything so we bought a couple of ice creams to blow the rest.<\/p>\n

We are now en route to the Vava’u Group in Tonga. It’s a 250nm passage practically dead down wind. We’re taking it easy with the head sail up only which will allow us to arrive some time Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The timezone in Niue is UTC-11. In Tonga it is UTC+13. That means our clocks won’t change but our calendars will. We will lose a whole day. That’s how a two day passage takes three calendar days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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