We are leaving Prins Henrik on Apataki

We will have to leave for Europe. Rainer's father is not well and we feel it is the best if Rainer is around his parent's home in the time to come. With no internet access on Apataki and only a poor telephone connection, we could not book our flight from there. However, two days after our arrival at the boatyard we got the possibility to get on the mailboat. It will take us 2½ days to get to Papeete by that means. From there we can take an international flight but before that we had to prepare the Prince for the one and a half year on Apataki where it will be dug down into the coral sand.