Thankfully, yesterday morning's radio check with the participants of the magnet confirmed that we had fixed our SSB/HF radio issue and could be heard as far afield as Fiji and Vanuatu. With that resolved it was time to return to our explorations of Ile des Pins, but not before Roy took a walk to the shop for a fresh baguette, while Elaine enjoyed coffee on the patio of the Hotel Kou-Bugny's restaurant.

Yesterday we continued our explorations on foot after arranging our car hire for today's adventure. First stop was a walk to the penal colony ruins on Presqu'ile de Kuto. From there we walked along the beautiful beach bordering Baie de Kanumera, stopping in at Oure Tera Beach Resort for coffee and a stroll around their gardens. Once back on Paw Paw for the afternoon, Roy spent some time collating our latest videos and Elaine continued work on our new website article, since we're definitely falling behind on those.

This morning we were up early again to prepare our picnic lunch and collect the hired car by 0800. With that, we set off in an anticlockwise direction around the island. Our travels took us through the tribus de Comagna, Voa, Youati, Quatchia, Touete, Gadji and Kere. The only village we didn't visit was Tribu de Wapan as this was a little off the beaten track. Besides the spectacular scenery and views, we certainly had some very interesting sights to visit along the way and thoroughly enjoyed the diversity