Arrival Vanuatu -

We made it in!!  Great night's sleep last night and happy to be in after 13-14 days!!  We did a bunch of clean up, our buddy boats both arrived this morning after we'd had breakfast.  Knowing they'd been out all night and we had plenty of leftovers of our pancake breakfast, we invited them over for a meet.  Both groups came over, a couple and a family with 2 kids, we had a nice pancake breakfast, met about our logistics, exchanged flags, shared "Sea Mercy" T-shirt uniforms so we can present onshore as a cohesive group, and the women had done some shopping for each other.  We got sliced ham and canned tuna that they couldn't find, they got popcorn and BBQ sauce that I couldn't find, and so we exchanged our goods.  Shared stories of our passage and caught up on each other's boat and cruising histories.  It was lovely; everyone recessed back to their boats to rest up until hopefully 1 pm when we will have our meeting with customs and immigration.  A police boat loaded with 9 locals (not looking too official) came by and made sure to tell us not to disembark until we were officially checked in.  It was a little funny because clearly they were not all representing the police department.  Maybe they borrowed it to go fishing?

We are not totally used to waves breaking over our hatches, especially not all the way up to our roof.  Although it's happened before, it's not commonplace. Maybe because we don't lay on our side to make our way??  We also won the fishing tournament of the group with our 4-foot Dorado, which will make an excellent dinner now that we have our appetites back.