It's my Dad's birthday today so I was up early to get to the internet shop and Skype home. UK is 11 hours behind Fiji so my 8.30am Saturday was their 9.30pm Friday. Unfortunately it was a poor connection but good to talk to him and my Mum.
The rain has stopped for a while and instead we have hot sunshine. I had a leisurely day while David dismantled the steering and automatic pilot to find out why the pilot sometimes 'groans' when it's under load. The kitchen work top is now a work bench covered in motors and tools.
Fortunately we had plans to eat out again this time but instead of going to a restaurant we were going to cook it ourselves local style – in the hot steam pools behind the town. Our friends on Stray Kitty were the iniatiators, they'd caught a large bonito tuna on the crossing from NZ and wanted to share. Chris made a big pot with potatoes in the bottom, a 3kg piece of fish and topped with bok choy. I'd done ratatouille. With Chris and his children we walked up to the pools and settld our pans into the almost boilng water. David's multimetre recorded 98°C.
An hour later we returned from the bar to retrieve and pans and went back to Stray Kitty to share a delicious meal. The local people come daily with their pots of bones and meat and leave it in the hot water to slowly cook. Isn't this a great way to eat? Free fish and free power to cook it.
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