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In the huge and beautiful Baie de Sandal on Lifou.

I always assumed good health was normal, but having had a fever for 5 days I've forgotten what normal feels like.
And the overnight bouncy sail across to the Loyalties was quite surreal.
We arrived yesterday and basically slept, but decided to go into the village today and see if there was a pharmacist who might know what the problem is, there isn't, but, luckily, the doctor visits on Tuesdays and we saw him.
He said there's an outbreak of a serious flu virus in Noumea and that's what I have. He's prescribed a variety of drugs and will take Si back with him to the main town to get them.
It feels better knowing what's wrong and not wondering about Dengue Fever or other tropical nasties.

So now we have to see what we can do as we've checked out for Vanuatu and haven't been able to leave.

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