October 2009 Newsletter - DolphinUnderwater.org

We continued our drivearound the coast stoppingbriefly at the Puluhiki lookout& again marvelling at terrain.Further on at the UluvehiCanoe landing. It wasfascinating to see how thecanoes were tucked up in theholes in the rocks. You have towonder how some of them gettaken out of the caves again asthey seemed to be jammed inso tight.It had been an interesting day exploring & I can’t helpwonder how many special spots like the Anapala chasm, onlythe locals know about. We head back to Matavai for a shower& a few pre- dinner drinks.Back at Matavai on the viewing decks Martin &Denis decided to take some sunset photos when Ispotted whales spouting in the distance. Martin gotthe binoculars from reception & we took turns to watchas the whales spouted, breached then dived. Martindecided he would stay at the resort & have some timeout, while the rest of us drove down to the WashawayCafé for dinner. It is only open on Sundays & is tuckedinto the curve of the rocks down by the Avatele boatramp. When we arrived one of the very young localboy’s decided he want to make out with the girls, luckilyVicki spotted Ross there & had a quiet word with him, he very nicely managed to move him on withoutupsetting anyone. Ross is the Chief of Police for the island. The Washaway was a really busy place with agreat atmosphere, unusual service where you helpyourself to beers, (you have to remember how many youhad!), order your Panini/burger or meal then pay the manat the end of the night! The honesty system works well.And the story behind the café name is; that when it firstopened the first customer said something to the affect“you’ll never last here you’ll get washed away”, followedby the second customer who said much the same thing,hence the name. So to date all is good & it hasn’t been –washed away. At the end of a great evening we decidedwe had to have ice creams for desert so as the others hadmore alcohol than allowed I drove with a stop at the