Kelcey Chandler-Yates and Jim Yates present...

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July 11, 2003
Late for airport, Brian oversleeps. Then have to return home for sunglasses. Plane leaves at 9:30. End up at wrong gate - Cindy's fault. Kyle and Cindy run to gate-Brian brings up' the rear. I am the fastest runner! Liquor brought for Kelcey ande Sylvia and for trade. Two bottle end up in my bags. Breakage a concern! Cindy pouts. Guy on plane thinks Cindy is BEAUTIFUL and asks for number. Kyle jumps seat and intervenes. Brian pouts subtly. Watched movie Old School on plane as well as Chicago, and Kangaroo Jack, and Bringing Down the House. Arrive at Papeete at 6:10 pm from Los Angeles. Brian finds a luau at the hotel. Kyle and I sleep. Sylvia met us at the airport and gives us lays. Great breakfast at hotel the next morning.

July 12, 2003
Leave Tahiti for Uturoa Raiatea 8:20 am. End up in wrong line AGAIN. Kyle had migraine, Cindy has razor burn thought to be cancer relapse. (Stress). Picked up by Jim and Kelcey. Took boat to store. Immediately surfed (Kyle puked) Diving at Teavarua Pass after and saw 8 - 10 ft. shark and 3 eels. Sushi for lunch and fish chowder for dinner. Cake and cookies for Brian's 50th birthday.

July 13, 2003
Went diving at shipwreck. Cindy snorkeled near over-water bungalows. Sunny day and sailed to beautiful area near small village of Haamene. Checked out volleyball at a local gym and Brian wanted to buy a coconut but was too scared. Had grilled chicken for dinner and soup blowing in the wind for lunch. Storm at night (Chaos!) Kyle fell out of his bed. Monopoly fights begin. Beautiful water, sky, islands…

July 14, 2003
Sailed to Tahaa. No diving today. Cloudy weather. Went to vanilla farm and left Kyle for an hour and a half as we hiked down a mile and a half trail. Kyle claims no mental trauma! Visit pearl farm and Cindy has love affair with a rare blue pearl. Sushi for lunch. Boys go snorkeling for giant claims and harvest 24. Kyle made to go but has fun anyway. COLD. Brian worried. No BM since arrival. Major topic of conversation for the day. Kyle takes first shower. Feast at dinner: Steaks, clams with coconut milk and curry paste, shrimp/garlic/pasta and wine, scotch, etc.

July 15, 2003 Cindy's 40th birthday!
Brian wakes up with headache and celebrates having BM. Diving at Toahoti pass - 140 feet. See giant eel with head as big as a cow. Cloudy and cold today. Back to pearl farm where love affair with pearl is completed with purchase. Brian negotiates $20 discount. Brian gives vanilla and another pearl for b-day gift. Gusty winds today and rain 5:15 pm- Brian is in a foul mood and begins to look at magazine with pictures of "bare breasted Tahitian women". Cindy now in foul mood. Kyle learns what "grunt" means. We begin to write notes of trip over rum and coke. Happy Birthday cake today (half chocolate and half vanilla). Kyle becomes a man by taking a gulp (by mistake) of rum and coke. Went to town (Patio) and Brian buys Mentos (pink grapefruit, sour apple, etc).

July 16, 2003
Brian, Kyle and Chris go to town for bread. Store won't sell them any! Hoping for sunny day today. Our hopes are dashed and we have more rain and wind and stay on the boat all day with no snorkeling or diving. Brian continues not to shave and begins to look like Jack Nicholson in the Shining. (Redrum, Redrum).

July 17, 2003
Sailed back to Raiatea in rough weather and rain. Went to town to shop and hiked for a while until we could get a taxi. Bought souvenirs for friends and family back home. Bought bread and cheese to tide us over for lunch. Kelcey sold all of her jewelry to Flora and became RICH for the day! Flora later joined us for drinks and dinner. We ate and drank to excess. On the way back to the dinghy, the stars were amazing and captivated all of us. We all stayed on top of the boat to continue sky watching and saw a shooting star and what was thought to be a space shuttle burning back to earth (?) Could be the after affects of the scotch!

July 18, 2003
Another windy but partly sunny day. Today is our departure day and we plan on cooking fish on the boat and hanging out before we go back to town to catch our plan at 7:30.