Slice Of Heaven - September 11, 2014

By Slice_Of_Heaven on

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position: 17 10.3500s 177 11.2231e date: 11/09/2014
A 'dry dive with Mantas'. Was able to have 2 mantas, one on each hull whilst
filming from our bow, Irene didn't even get her toes wet much to her
delight! Current and wind (20knts) too strong, should have been up at
0630hrs but there was lack of enthusiasm. Coffee was more important.[END]

Aradonna - 1002 Sep 2014

By Aradonna on

Spent a few days in the "Blue Lagoon", an area made famous by the movie of the same name. A very special place, a pretty group of islands, white sandy beaches, coral reefs everywhere and a nice resort on the beach. We could happily just plonk ourselves in that area for a week or so and not go anywhere else! Met up with some friends we had not seen since leaving Gulf Harbour in April. We were thrilled to see Gavin and Bindy from Distracted again - our neighbours from D pier who helped us with so much good advice before we set off on this journey. We went diving on a reef known as "The Zoo", an extensive area to explore. There was so much to see that we used a full cylinder each on the dive rather than our usual 1/2 cylinder each. For the first time since arriving in the pacific islands we finally spotted crayfish! They were very shy though and scuttled back into their hole. Not that we would have tried to grab them as they seem so scarce here compared to NZ. We explored several other bays up and down the Yasawa chain of islands, just to get familiar with the area in preparation for coming back here with our VIP guests next week. After a week of lovely settled weather and light winds, we now have a stiff breeze blowing. The forecast does not look great for the next few days. We will head towards the mainland tomorrow to stock up on essential supplies again before picking up our guests, Pieter and Sarah, from Denarau on Monday.

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