Amai celebrated his fourth birthday on Sunday. Amazingly Viriamu suggested that we have a birthday party (well that was a first)! Generously he proposed that I cook a Sunday roast for the twenty odd people that he invited - so I generously proposed that he do a BBQ instead. Anyway it turned out fine, we made a pinata (well why not, I'd never done that before) and there was LOTS of meat: lamb, chicken, sausages, beef heart kebabs from the grill and a huge vat of goat curry, in true Polynesian style accompanied by starch, starch and more starch - breadfruit, taro, green bananas, sweet potato salad all served with rice. 
There were also two cakes, turned out one of our guests was also turning 8 on the same day, happy coincidence! Less happy was the news that the day's flight was cancelled, more rain in Tahiti. Enough to close the runway in Fa'aa, it's the danger of building a runway on reclaimed land! Fortunately there was less damage this time, though being stuck in Rurutu may have taken the shine off for a couple of our guests, particularly those who missed their first day back at school
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