Noumea, New Caledonia
In Noumea
It is Thursday 24th and we are in New Caledonia. We call the marina and arrange to meet Customs etc. but before we finish breakfast we are visited by a very smart looking inflatable boat carrying two men in bright red spray jackets - Gendarmes! Oops, we are anchored in a prohibited area and the French Navy wants us to move. Three hundred metres further and we would have been ok one explains. Well that's ok for him but has he ever tried anchoring behind...