30 September
– Seinfeld (A day about nothing . ., not that there’s anything wrong with that)
We woke to
the mellow roar of the anchor chains clattering through the tunnels next to our
room. Luckily only a few links at a time. No gym again. (J’s back has been
sore, probably from doing too much) We
won morning trivia and then took to the tender for the 5 minute transfer to the
town of Kona. We have made our way round the Big Island to the dry side which
pretty much consists of black lava. The start and finish line of the Hawaii
Triathlon are right next to the pier and the swim leg goes straight out into
the clear blue water that we traversed in the tender.
We repeated
our strategy of last year and went straight to the lobby of the Marriott Hotel,
where we enjoyed good wifi to get the blog up. According to last year’s blog at
this point, we got to hear the news of Steph being bitten by next door’s
Rottweiler, so we were not that unhappy not to receive any news from home on
this occasion. We had a bit of a stroll around the very pleasant town of Kona
and back to the boat.
1st church in Hawaii
Crab on a rock. Ship in distance
Graveyard of King's
An
unashamedly slack afternoon ensued, time in the spa, lying in the sun, sprawled
on lounges in the solarium, afternoon trivia, dinner on the back terrace as we
sailed away, an interesting show by a dynamic young chap on a xylosynth machine
(think steel drum on steroids), music trivia . . Right now we are wondering
about staying up for the Hot Rock party next to the pool. Probably not.
Our regular
quiz partners have been renting cars and driving round the island for the past
2 days so we have just been joining whoever is around for the trivia sessions.
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