Thursday 15th May. MB up at 5.30am to get the fishing gear ready for our cruise to Savai'i leaving at 6am. Just as the full moon goes down and the sun comes up, looks like a nice day. 9am first hook up lots of line taken out nothing jumps. MB is the only one up so he is on the rod for a good work out. Its a Masi Masi about 12kg, sam gaffs the fish expertly and it is in the esky. 2 hours after, another hook up, Dennis is in the chair. Good long stand up fight a...

Saturday 10th May. Samoa Up at 4am to fly Emirates from Tulamarine to Auckland. We had no idea who Peter Burke was flying with and as he did not show up at Emirates, we were worried that he may not be coming. In Auckland Dennis Roche scammed our way into the Qantas lounge, we could not get into Virgin Lounge. Dennis has a chairmans's lounge membership, Bernie Woodland and I were very grateful, although Auckland airport facilities are so good, you don't need to ...