Sunday 10 Aug 2003: Funafuti, Tuvalu

The pleasure of being anchored in crystal clear waters within a coral atoll lagoon are sadly overshadowed. I am alone, as Lyndall flew back to Sydney to spend the precious last few hours with her sister Sue and her family before she died early this morning. She will stay there and our eldest son James will fly to Tuvalu on Thursday to help me sail illywhacker back to Townsville.