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[status] We arrived yesterday in the morning after drifting most of the night since we got here so early. It was a very good sail. This island is very remote, and our first stop in PNG. They rarely get supply boats from Bougainville, PNG. They went at one point over two years before a boat arrived with supplies. Needless to say, they rarely get boats here, and haven't had a cruising boat in the village in years. They people are very nice, welcoming, and just happy to have visitors.

The village has a very unique culture, mainly Polynesian. There are five clans that live here, with a total of about 300 people packed onto the small island. The larger island here in the atoll is uninhabited, except for a grave yard. This village was made 'famous' when a documentary was made in 2008 about part of the island being washed away in an unusual high tide. The documentary I believe was made by NZ. They do have researchers visit here from the Auckland to study the affects of 'global warming'.
[weather] 60% cloudy skies, 28C, 1007.5 baro, 15kts SE

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