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Skipper Cindy

Well, house arrest lasted about two days. Two days to discover that I could actually spend MORE money downloading things to my laptop. So, yesterday I hopped aboard the Ghungha for a sailing tour of the Bay of Islands. Captain Mike was an excellent host who happily let the clumsy tourists man his sails and his wheel. I only had to get over the initial instinct to want to straighten up the boat when the wind tipped it over. Once I got the hang of it, I especially liked making dramatic turns, Captain Mike yelling “Mush, Miss Alaska!” from the deck.
Other highlights:
–a barefoot “bushwalk” to the top of the hill. What a soft, cushy country this is where even the ground is mild-mannered.
–the coldest snorkel of my life. After swimming over a huge manta ray and school of needle-nosed fish, I called it good and kicked my cold self back to the boat.



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