we are in the fun zone

As we hoped, we are now in the best part of this adventure. With almost all the passage making behind us for this season, we just get to enjoy all different shades of blue of the lagoons in the atolls of the Tuamotus. The pictures have to wait as we have no internet, but think about the screen saver you might have seen on your computer....that's it, azure blue, palm tress waving close by, and your happy boat in the midst of it. Even better, you now share an idyllic, calm anchorage with 3 kids boats that also made the passage from Mexico. It's school in the morning, than play time in the afternoon on the sandy coral beaches of the atoll. We have seen reef sharks black and white tip, swimming close by, and today Tod and I got to see the best colorful coral we have seen on our trip (sadly, coral is bleaching everywhere in the world, and even these remote atolls are affected). All our "water toys" are out: besides our hard bottom dinghy, we have our double kayak inflated, as as well as the stand up paddle board. The latter isn't quite easy to use here, as we are now near the south pass of Fakarava, and kite surfing is hot here which requires wind and consequently some waves. Tod is planning to give kite surfing a try.

Tomorrow, Thursday, we are getting up early to anchor 7 miles away, then take our dinghy to the atoll entrance and drift dive with the current along tons of sharks and fish. No worries, we have been told that the sharks are shy and don't pay attention. I'm excited to spend my birthday doing something I haven't done before. We plan to take tons of photo's with our underwater camera, and will upload them when we have internet again in June. Attached here are just two low-res photos that we can squeeze through our low bandwidth radio connection.

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At 2019-May-16 06:46 UTC the position of Bliss was 16°27.033'S 145°22.083'W, with course of 000T (*T) and speed 0.0 knots. Wind speed 14.7 knots from 076T (*T)