Sandy and I paddled about 70km over the last 2 days along the South coast of Raja Ampat Islands. It's a really pretty coastline, limestone cliffs, white sandy beaches and mangroves, all with a rich Green background of shrubbery and a diverse world of colour under the water. Wooden longboats with flimsy looking outriggers put by on a small motor or are paddled skilfully with heavy wooden canoe paddles. Today we saw 3 pods of dolphins, hunting tightly together, their curved fins gracefully piercing the surface to the same beat. Twice they jumped clean out of the water to take a closer look at these unusual long red things. Tomorrow we cross 52km to mainland Papua. It could be a long day but hopefully the prevailing northerlies will come good. This e-mail was delivered via satellite phone using Iridium AxcessPoint Mail & Web software. Please be kind and keep your replies short.
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