As we left Nukufetau we were settling in for the longest leg of our journey approximately 12 hours of boat time to Nui the furthest north and western island of the Central group. We’d been on route for approximately 5 hours when Sandra went to stretch her legs and spotted land?! When she asked a helpful man, “Is that Nui?”, “No” he replied “that is Vaitupu”! And so we arrived shortly after that at Vaitupu!
Vaitupu is the outer island where the second of the two
Tuvaluan high schools is based and it is a boarding school. It was significantly bigger than Nukufetau
and busier. We saw Scout Ambassador,
Andy as he has been based here for a couple of weeks teaching and setting up
and new scout group, and then walked to the school. On our way to the school
dawdled to appreciate the house with hanging baskets!
When we arrived at the school we were amazed to see it was
on the most gorgeous stretch of beach, bright white sand and blue sea! Blew our
minds, imagine this being where you go to school…
We got to see the models that they were making for the Royal
couple up close and remarkably unfinished! They also thought that the boat was
going to Nui first and that they would have a bit more time to complete them.
This is the inside of the mini-maneape they made:
After crashing a farewell feast for Andy at the school we
borrowed a couple of mopeds and I drove one with me and Sandra on – overall she said I did a great job! It was fun and a great
way to see lots of the island which is fully joined up so we could drive all
the way round the lagoon stopping and wading across to islets within the lagoon
to enjoy views like this,
Another great day! We headed back to the Nivaga and our
beans for tea again and sleeping on the roof of the boat! This was my view in
the morning when we woke up almost at Nui, after sailing through the night.
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