The pool is closed and the plane is not coming!

I was going to write an entry about the sum of our expedition as Wednesday was supposed to be our departure day from Palmyra atoll. However, news has come that the plane that is supposed to come pick us up is stuck on Christmas island. Now, when you need a plane in the remotest parts of the world well its not so easy to find one, for various reasons. First it is expensive, second when you need a part you also need a mechanic and finally there are other islands that are serviced by the same plane. So right now we are on standby to standby for the actual arrival time of our flight. As far as I know the only plane that can come to get us is broken down.