Arrived at Toau

Hello All,
We made it to Toau Atoll yesterday afternoon. We had an awesome sail from Fakarava. Winds were out of the NE at 15 knots on an almost perfect beam reach. We covered 30 miles in just over 5 hours. Curious beat us here by about 2 hours and anchored up and went in to talk to the family that lives here. Curious arranged for them and us to anchor on some mooring buoys they have placed in the pass. The family here has a few bungalos for rent and a little common area for serving dinners for cruisers that pass through. Steve had arranged for all of us the have dinner with them tonight and I will get back to that here in a minute. This morning we got to go out fishing with Gastron, he is the husband of Valintine, she is the one that fixes the dinners and takes care of the cruisers when they arrive. We didn't catch a thing this morning but we did get really wet by two squalls that passed through while we were out. This after noon we went out snorkeling in the pass. The water was a bit murky and the clouds covered the sun for most of the day but it was still nice to get out and explore. Okay, now back to the dinner we had tonight. She fixed fresh breaded Mai Mai, Sushimi, Tuna with a fabulous sauce to go with it and Fresh Lobster cooked on an open fire and to top it all off she made coconut bread that was out of this world. We had such a good time visiting and our hosts were the best. I must say that was the best dinner I have had in recent memory. Tomorrow night we will have dinner on Curious and have popcorn and a movie after wards.
We will be here till Monday, the wind and the weather is suppose to clear up by then. We will head for Tahiti from here and Curious will be behind us by a few weeks. I will let you know how the next few days go and what we are up to.

PEACE