Whether you believe in Karma or not is obviously up to you. But one good turn deserves another for sure. It was Easter Monday and we were out on the boat for the day. I heard my mobile phone ring (which a small miracle on the boat in itself) and a friend needed a favour. A fishing boat had some rope caught around the bow-thruster and couldn't remove it. As it was the Easter holiday both dive shops on island were shut so they asked me if they could borrow my dive gear to help them cut the line free. 'No worries, just fill the tank when you are done'. The next day my tank was returned full with a couple of thank-yous and I thought that was the end of it. I was happy to help them out; I wasn't using the diving gear anyway. About two weeks after that I got a phone call from the same guy asking me if I was home. We were and he turned up with a couple of frozen Albacore Tuna about 20kgs each. The guys on the fishing boat wanted to return the favour. Good Karma for sure.
A couple of solid Albacore, close relations to the yellow-fin tuna and just as tasty.
They were big fish so we are just sawing off slabs of tuna meat as we want it.
Sawing a frozen tuna isn't as easy as I thought.
For no real reason at all I have put this picture of our dinner last night. About 2kgs of rainbow runner baked in the oven. What wasn't eaten is about to be turned into fishcakes. Yummo.
Waiting at the boat dock. At this stage we weren't that confident that the boat would even turn up to take us.
Luckily for us the boat turned up as arranged and we were off for a 20 minute ride across to Nahlap
A confidence builder for sure.
Dodgy landing but that just added to the magnificent character of the place.
Made it safe and sound. 'Resort' may have been a bit of a twist of words.
Future volleyball stars practising for the the 2024 Olympics
Jaxon 'Eddy Charlton' Campbell
Accomodation is basic. No water, no air-conditioning, no bed. But it's on the water. Location, location, location.
Always wanted to be Tarzan for a day.
We finally found a patch of clean sand amongst the mangroves to build some sandcastles.
We finally got Jaxon and Indi to seat quietly for a photo.
Kicking back and enjoying the view.
We managed to take it in turns looking after the kids to have a short snorkel. Just like all of the snorkeling over here - fantastic.
Apparently you can come all the way over to Nahlap to get hitched.
Another day in paradise.
The massive red clawed black crab.
The 'dingos got my baby' sized land crab.
Hermans Hermit Crab
The 'What you looken at Willis' crab
The 'I'd better run before Indi stomps on me' crab.
A couple of solid Albacore, close relations to the yellow-fin tuna and just as tasty.
They were big fish so we are just sawing off slabs of tuna meat as we want it.
Sawing a frozen tuna isn't as easy as I thought.
For no real reason at all I have put this picture of our dinner last night. About 2kgs of rainbow runner baked in the oven. What wasn't eaten is about to be turned into fishcakes. Yummo.
A little bit of bread on a small hook produced an eel in no time at all. There was a lot of little fish but they were smart enough to not eat the bread on the hook.
This was as far as the first one got as the line snapped as we tried to lift it out of the water.
The second one on dry land. 'Not Happy Jan'.
Dean with the monster from the deep, our biggest catch of the day. We let them all swim off, much the disgust of the crowd of local kids that had gradually gathered to watch. I'm sure they had visions of eel stew or something similiar. All over in a couple of hours but it was a good bit of time-filling fun.
Solid Mahi Mahi
Scott's first ever Longface Emperor
Back to the Compound about three-thirty to pick up Nic, Jaxon and Indi for a cruise up the river with wine, bickys and dip.
Baby-sitting duties after being away for most of the day. Not an unenjoyable task at all..jpg)
