Having failed the cave climb I have now begun my arm and finger strengthening exercises. As a benchmark I tried to pull myself up using the flat roof over the entrance to our cabin. At best I can lay my fingers flat I have to use an overhand pull to get up. I couldn’t do it. If I can get myself to being able to do a few of these pull ups in three weeks time I may have a shot at that climb. The hand rail up to the helm turned out to be an ideal place to start so I performed some repetitions on that.<\/p>\n

Later in the day Helen and I took the kayak out and explored the channel on the northeast side of Sawa-i-Lau. We had to paddle against the current to reach the far side so we got some good exercise. We walked back through the channel exploring the beach and rocks. The rocks here are very interesting and look a lot like those we saw in Niue and the Lau group.<\/p>\n

In the evening, as we were watching TV, our guide, John, paddled out to us in his sinking kayak. He asked if he could borrow ours to go fishing. We were happy to do this even though it means we have to go ashore today to pick it up and drop his off. He can’t come back to us today as it’s Sunday and he’s not allowed to work. Hopefully he caught a decent amount of fish as he had no luck the previous evening.<\/p>\n

Today we had thought to leave here and head north. However, right now there is no wind and the forecast suggests winds on the nose. The forecast for tomorrow looks better so we’ll stay here one more day.<\/p>\n

One final note. Our pictures of the village, our climbs and cave visit are now all updated and available on our previous blogs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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