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Where to from here?

"What are your plans from here?" Almost everyone we have visited here in

Canada has asked us this question. Now yachties are not very good at sticking to

plans as you never know where you are going to fetch up and get tempted to stay

or discover another interesting island to visit. But here are today's plans.

We have one more week in Canada, reveling in the delights of the first world

before we fly back to Majuro.

As soon as we land on the atoll we will be preparing and provisioning for a three

or four week sailing trip to some of the remote outer Marshall Islands. Back in

Majuro in October we will settle in till April 2017 when the South Pacific

hurricane season is over. David is going to run some more suicide prevention

courses for health professionals and I'll continue providing academic support for

students at the university.

In April we'll head 1500 south miles to Fiji, maybe via Kiribati, or Tuvalu or

Wallis. This time we want to visit people we met last time, spending our five

months getting to know them better. And I'm going to get more intimate with the

local cuisine. Having spent time in the culinary desert of the islands north of Fiji

has greatly enhanced my appreciation for Fijian cuisine and the great local

ingredients.

November 2017, at this stage, will see us sailing back to New Zealand. I will be

hanging out to see friends and family so want to leave Navire in the Bay of

Islands and take a road trip to Wellington in December.

Who knows after that? We may live on the boat for a while longer before moving

into Rawene - you may remember we bought a little house in the far north just

before we left New Zealand. I'd like to find work in the academic support area

and David has some more trips planned. Anything seems possible when you are

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