Back from outter space

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007 | Travel

The holiday was grand.

To spend such a prolonged period away from all types of technology was pure and total bliss. The closest I got to any type of communication device was the 2-way radio that we used while sailing around the coral coves and blue waters.

“Whitsunday Rent-a-Yacht, Whitsunday Rent-a-Yacht, This is Champaign Blue, Over.”

The weather wasn’t particularly kind to us. Cyclone Odette formed, shat all over us, then disapeared before making landfall and actually giving us some much needed rain. Despite this, we managed to do a little bit of snorkelling, sailing, fishing, playing poker, eating and a whole LOAD of drinking. The drinking was the best bit. Dont get me wrong, the fish were cool too, but there’s less chance of being eaten by a shark when you’re above board. And we did see sharks.

The quality of the alcohol was aptly demonstrated by one of our bleary-eyed morning check-ins.

Yent-A-Racht, er… Yent-a-Racht, this is Champaign Blue.
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We’re in Pearl Harbour.

Actually, we weren’t in Hawaii. We were in Blue Pearl Bay, which was quite close symantically, but oceans away geographically.

Much fun was had by all - and by some blessing I managed to survive a whole week in the tropics without suffering heatstroke, sunburn or sea sickness.

(I’m saying nothing about hangovers!)

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