2nd of August to the 12th of August - Sickness and missed ports
Easter Island Well it's mid morning at the moment and we're sitting off easter island - we can see in the distance the giant statues - it's a very sparse island, not much in the way of vegitation. Unfortunately this will be as close as we can get - it's too rough for us to safely go ashore - even though from here it looks like a beautiful sunny day with light winds and slight seas - anyway the decision has been made for safety reasons. They tried to go into 2 different anchorages and both were unsuitable. Slaverry (Equador) We've not had great luck the last 10 days or so - Dave and I have both been down with a cold/flu that we picked up after Costa Rica (although I think it was bought aboard by the people who got on in New York) - it's a really bad cough that's been hanging on and on. Manta (Equador) wasn't much of a port - it was basically a coal port, tours were few and far between - we didn't get off in Peru either (both of us were
