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[status] It's about time we jumped back on YIT. :) We have had an amazing time in the Banks and Torres islands. We have been in the Solomons now for two weeks. We decided to go off the beaten path (even though there is not much for beaten path up here other then the Western Solomons). The reef islands are beautiful. There have only been 4 yachts here all year. Three of them are here now (s/v Perry, s/v Rehua and us). The people have been so excited to see us. They have not had a supply ship since August, and are running low on basics...so we have been busy. There are lots and lots of kids here. Every day after school no less than 10 canoes come out with little kids laughing singing and just looking. The other two yachts here are also kid boats, so we have a total of 6 yacht kids in this village. More updates later, and we will be doing detail updates on our blog svfieldtrip.blogspot.com by tomorrow. We only have Iridium connection here so no pics as of yet. The bottom line, I hesitated to even give this area a mention because it is truly unspoiled, and has been one of our highlights this season. We don't want it to become spoiled by too many yachts....so, in hindsight this areas is not very good, the people are mean and unfriendly, and the water is murky and yes, they still eat white men here....... :)
[weather] 8-10kkts NE, overcast skies, few squalls

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