As
you will have worked out by now, the internet is officially dead and
can't be fixed until the ship is next in Darwin. Apparently, they
recently did an upgrade after which it intermittently worked for a
while but no longer. I am maintaining the blog for our records but
won't be able to upload it until after we get off the ship.
We
spent this morning at Aljui Bay the very special and private reef
area referred to yesterday and it was indeed spectacular. It was a
little beach at the foot of a steep cliff and the cliff kept
descending out of sight into the depths. Diving down the wall was the
best we have yet done and snorkelling along the top was fantastic. I
am using the strobe and getting some spectacular colour out of the
fan and other corals. I have now done four dives with more to come.
After
lunch, we went to Kawe Island where we anchored just north of the
equator and then went exploring in the Explorer crossing back and
forward across the equator numerous times. There is a monument on the
island erected within a few metres of but not on the equator to mark
its approximate position.
Tomorrow
we go cruising in the Explorer at Wayag Lagoon, said to be one of the
most beautiful places on earth. If it is going to top what we have
seen so far, it must be outstanding.
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