We had the prize giving dinner last night at the Mango Cafe in Vava'u for the last leg from Bora Bora to Suwarrow and Niue to Tonga. The evening started with a traditional Kava ritual which involved some local children and crews all sitting cross legged around a circle with the King at the end. The Governor was invited but as he had not arrived for the start then Paul from World ARC rally control took his place. The Kava was then mixed by a girl (who has to be a virgin) and then little cups are passed around to drink. It apparently makes your tongue go numb but as we already had drinks in our hands we were not passed the cups to drink! After the Kava reception we then took our places for a traditional buffet of raw fish marinated in coconut milk and cooked chicken and pork with taro and some salad followed by ice cream and cake.
The Governor did arrive later and took his place in time to assist Paul with the prize giving. We had been invited to join the top table so were treated to wine courtesy of the World ARC as well as our buffet dinner. So onto the prize giving and guess what? Trompeta was awarded first place for our group for the last passage!! Peter was so amazed he dropped his spoon back into his ice cream!
Tonight we have a BBQ at the Aquarium Cafe.
We have had some t shirts printed by Tropical Tease and have some cute Trompeta logos now. It was time Peter had some more shirts as his old ones are getting very worn now.
Looking to stay here for a few days before setting off again for Fiji.
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