October 9, 2023
The islands are all close to each other in this area and today’s hop was just three hours north to “The caves.” We arrived and soon after jumped in the water to snorkel the nearby reef. Always great when you can swim from the boat. This was the best, most healthy corral to date. Carl and I pretty much swam…
October 8, 2023
We made the long 2.5nm passage to the north bay of Somosomo finding just a single boat in the anchorage. Wanting to get the best daylight we got our snorkeling gear and piled in the dinghy stopping by the Swiss boat (SV Lupina) and we convinced them to join us. They quickly grabbed their gear and dropped their dinghy. Reaching…
October 7, 2023
In back to back nights we experienced two very different but equally impressive experiences. First, word came through the anchorage about the villagers putting on a song and dance performance. Seems the mass of kid boats that arrived would let us experience an very special evening. And the second, Roxy put on a art display of her beautiful watercolor paintings,…
October 6, 2023
A hike was on tap for the day, the plan was to visit the villages on the east side of the island. Walking through town we acquired a number of kids who led us to the trail (the same one that they take to school) along the way met more friendly villagers looking to say hello and chat. We attempted…
October 5, 2023
Our first couple days flew by. When visiting villages in Fiji it is important to ask permission from the chief and present an offering of kava. This is called sevusevu. Into the dinghy with our fancy clothes (sulu skirt and collared shirt) in a dry bag we headed to shore. We were met by an nice women, who after changing…
October 4, 2023
Everyone was up pretty early on the boat and Carl made the call for a 6:30am departure, perfect I love getting up and getting going. We were in the wind shadow of the big island, so no chance of sailing but also nice sea state. After seeing 3-4 meter seas all week on the south side of the island this…
October 3, 2023
After a beat to get south to meet us, the day finally came to meet up with our friends Roxy and Carl. Traffic pushed us a little behind schedule but by 10:00am SV Sky Pond was on the fuel dock and all of the boat items we muled out to Fiji were aboard. After helping Carl and Jean get off…
October 2, 2023
5:00am came really early, and there might have been some grumbling from Jean but we had a ride to catch. Today’s adventure would be white water rafting the Upper Navua river. This meant getting to Pacific Harbour by 6:45am which was about seventy-five minutes away. Would it be worth it? No way to tell, but we had heard great things…
October 1, 2023
Lautoka is the second largest city on the big island of Fiji (behind Suva) and has the best grocery options for staples. So to the road we went. It took a few hours and soon we were parked next to the city market (closed on Sunday) and headed to the Extra market where we located many of the hard to…
September 30, 2023
We did end up having a mellow day, that started with a nice hike on the beach to enjoy the continuing windy conditions after which we drove back into Sigatoka for lunch, I continued the trend with another curry at King Singh’s. A beer felt appropriate so I added one of those too. And with that a 600ml beer stein…
September 29, 2023
The jetlag might have been a factor or it could have just been the go, go, go full day yesterday but regardless we decided to have a low key day. After another tropical breakfast at our hotel, we wandered across the street to the palapas on the beach. I had brought my snorkel gear but with the lack of sun…
September 28, 2023
After a wonderful breakfast including lots of fresh fruits we jumped in the car towards Suva, the largest city in Fiji. The drive was much more lush than on the western side of the island with a lot of small villages to pass through. With not much traffic, it was an enjoyable drive. About two-thirds of the way there we…