The kids of Nanumea were not shy at all, and pretty soon Alex and Brenden had quite the posse. The first night we were anchored, a group of them clustered on shore and started yelling, “Hi!!!” out to us. So, Alex and Brenden got the paddle boards down and headed over to see them. Brenden quickly made a friend and got a tour of the village while Alex got a lot of attention from the smaller kids who all wanted to touch his blonde hair.
It was summer holiday in Tuvalu, so kids had a lot of freedom to play. Pretty soon we had daily visitors and it was tough to get them to wait until the Alex and Brenden were done with *their* schoolwork.
The boys paddle to shore to say hi
Brenden gets a ride in the outrigger canoe
Hangin out on Exodus
Learning to drive the dinghy
Hangin out on shore (taking a break after playing some basketball)
Dinghy surfing at Nanumea
Gresham Family Exodus 