Well today is the day we plan to leave this afternoon for the 2800 mile passage to the Marquesas, and we would just like to take a moment to remember all the crazy people that influenced us, and say ¨"what the hell were you thinking" 2800 miles at walking speed across the largest stretch of water in the world!
We will leave from Isla Isabella Galapagos. We managed to sneak ashore at the other island Santa Cruz, but were spotted here. The port captain was on board before we even anchored! We planned to say we had a boat problem, and pull in per Maritime law to fix it. We actually ended up having a real problem........karma eh? He didn´t believe us and we had to argue alot, and fight the urge to bribe him. Eventually we argued the maritime law angle, & we are being "voted off" the island this afternoon. Neil fixed the problem this morning a wire had slipped out of a terminal he found it and redid it. We have sneaked ashore for some penguin, flamingo & blue footed boobie pictures (which we got) Now its lunch, more diesel & last minute vegetable shopping, then anchors away French Polynesia next. We will be sending reports via Satellite phone email & Mum Swift
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