We are still around the same two islands, just in different bays. Makes you realise how much this boat means to the locals – long lines of people waiting to both load copra, noni fruit etc or to unload cement, coke, corrugated iron for roof panels etc etc etc, up to and including a boat and a car.

Noni fruit juice is apparently sold in health food shops as being good for detox. It also apparently tastes disgusting so it must be good for you!

This morning we went to Te I’Ipona (think it’s how it’s spelled), the best historical site around. Large tikis (statues) on platforms and one facing the ground. The one facing the ground is female (unusual – most of them are male chiefs and warriors) and apparently died in childbirth. Although this was not a good thing, she had her power reversed – or something – so then became able to prevent this in other women. Apparently women still sneak in to touch her for luck in pregnancy.

This afternoon we were in a village to look at the church. I went for a wander around but it’s not really a thriving metropolis. The pig is a regular sight apparently. Its owner takes it into the sea for a swim. On the way back I was watching fish, apparently with legs, on rocks in the harbour. Don’t know what they are called but they look like those mudskippers you see on mangrove roots on the telly.

The boat going towards the big one is the barge they use to ferry us backwards and forwards. They have another one for the freight and this afternoon we have been waiting our turn.