We headed over to the customs wharf this morning to clear in and were visited by 4 different officials – customs, immigration, quarantine and health! All were very friendly and the procedure was easy.
Whilst at the dock we were approached by a local guy whose daughter makes flags. We have all the courtesy flags we need but he said she would be able to make us a new red ensign (ours is looking abit faded!!). We agreed a price and although it seemed slightly expensive we decided it was helping the locals and to go for it. Jonny was going to the bank to get some money when one of the tour operators advised me not to deal with the local guy because he is expensive and the flags are poor quality so I called Jonny back. The flag guy wasn't happy that we changed our minds but accepted it but said he was going to go to the police about the tour guide that warned us off!!
We took Newt back to a mooring buoy and then went for a walk around town. It seems like a very cute place. We had a walk round the market and bought a yacht necklace each (10TP$ each or 10TP$ for 2!!). The guy invited us to his workshop to see some of his other work so we are meeting him tomorrow.
After lunch Jonny took our genoa over to Christine Anne to fix the UV strip and I did internet jobs.
At 5pm we headed ashore with Christine Anne and Sunchaser to the Balcony restaurant which was a great evening with lovely food.
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