#ipiriri

Back on the boat, after a hot shower (woo!) we had a BBQ dinner and hit the bar. It was an awesome night, balloons and music and a piñata that you couldn't break open with foam swords, although that didn't stop us trying. It was a slow morning after, with some moaning and groaning as everyone steadily emerged. A couple of us found the courage to jump off the side of the boat and into the water (which felt a lot colder than the day before!) which wasn't entirely pleasant, but definitely cured the hangover! Then we had to take the tender across to the small town (generous name for a couple of houses and a shop!) to drop off Lucky who was flying back to England that very day. Since the boat wasn't guaranteed to get back in time, Lucky caught a plane from the island to the airport! We were given strict instructions to drop her off quickly and go right back to the boat to head home, but she offered to buy us all ice cream so naturally we went with her up to the shop instead and hung around for a proper goodbye :) Fortunately no one back on the Ipipiri seemed to mind and after we got back and all the fishing gear was put away we headed home. Taking a similar route back, I hung out in the bridge with Richard and baby Kesia to watch the world drift by until all too soon we were back in Auckland again.