We have arrived!!

It seems that this email I sent yesterday was not received, so I am trying to send again to see if I can get it to go through. As of this morning we are officially cleared into the country with the agriculture inspection. All officials were absolutely friendly and welcoming. We have already visited a giant shopping mall...definitely back in the land of plenty! Crew are all happy to be here and to get a bit of a rest before setting off again. Likely will be here for a couple of weeks because the parts we need just shipped today out of South Africa. We now have internet so you are welcome to return to WhatsApp or our gmail to stay in touch with us!

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Subject: We have arrived!
Date: 15 Jun 2021 02:25:52 -0000
From: VE7SVM

We are at the dock, surrounded by giant skyscrapers!!! We arrived just shy of exactly 27 days since we left Tahiti. On one hand that feels like forever ago but at the same time it really doesn't feel like that many days have lapsed since May 18. We were welcomed by the beautiful faces of Isabel, Johanna and Steve who helped get Maple in her spot. This is likely a temporary spot as it is situated at the yacht club's working dock, but hopefully now that we are here we can find somewhere we are not in the way for a couple of weeks to get repairs completed.

We have been checked in by a CBP officer who was super friendly, but we are still not allowed to leave the boat until we have seen someone from the Agriculture department who will want to see what food we have on board and remove our garbage. So we can't leave Maple until tomorrow morning, at which time we will be free to wander and explore what Honolulu has to offer. Thrilled to be here and in hindsight perhaps we should have just planned to come here all along.

Thank you for following along with us on this passage. Stay tuned for our next leg to Alaska...
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