Update two for today is about the walking. The rain came in solid but we are here and now and a year ago we did not do any walking on the island. We waited til midday but the rain was still drizzily. The walk up is the steepest road I have seen, as opposed to climbing, like on Lord Howe. We had bought our sandwiches and drinks and headed off. The road was put in during war time for the construction and the grooved concrete is for traction. We saw a woman in her eighties very slowly stepping back down. Now there was 10 broken bones in the making. Once on top the visibility was limited. The actual facility was more than a lighthouse. It was an airport tower with obvious radial viewing sectors for spotting Japanese aircraft. We did not stay long. There was no lunch spot anywhere along the way as the one spot we stopped at saw green ants starting to bite. So we went all the way back down where someone had taken chairs from somewhere and left them under a sheltering tree on the beach. Lunch was still a wet affair and after 30 minutes the rain was now driving in under the canopy. Time to go back to our room. Two bedraggled bikini girls were hobbling along with us, one with cut feet and the other trying to keep the clothes dry by not wearing them.
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