With Elaine's toothache deteriorating significantly overnight, she was very grateful to have secured an early morning emergency dentist appointment. Unfortunately a panoramic x-ray revealed that a major infection had developed underneath her 35 year old gold crown. Although contained, there is extensive decay and root canal treatment is also required. Thank goodness we're not in Vanuatu, but rather in New Caledonia, where medical and dental facilities are excellent, not to mention relatively inexpensive. Armed with antibiotics, painkillers and a follow-up appointment to have all the work completed in a few days once the antibiotics have cleared up the infection, we decided that we may as well do some more sightseeing around Noumea. A bus ride took us to the Centre d'Art, housed in the 1881 prison and from there a short walk took us to the Maison Celieres colonial mansion. We rounded off our morning with a delicious lunch along the waterfr ont at La Sorbetiere. On route back to Paw Paw we had a lovely surprise when we bumped into Blue Summit (Kate and Steve) on the dinghy dock; they had just arrived in Noumea. This morning we enjoyed a light breakfast at Le Marche de Noumea, then enjoyed a stroll before meeting Blue Summit and Lettin' Go (Ann and Cran) for lunch. Given that Blue Summit were new to Noumea, we opted to take a bus to Baie des Citrones, where a good time was had by all at Les Trois Brasseurs.With the wind picking up yet again, we enjoyed another movie night on board.