[position]17 27.542s 177 02.646e
[status]Bula from the boat.
I will try and amend my ways and learn how to use an apostrophe instead of a question mark.... errors just spotted when I did a reread !!!
So we holed up in Blue Lagoon during a night of wind and rain and enjoyed drinks with the folk on board the Oyster - Nikitoo.
We then set sail for the limestone caves of Sawa - I -Lau situated on the southern end of Yasawa Island which is part of the group of Islands known as the Yasawas
Before entering the caves we took the dinghy to the shore with our gift of Kava and experienced a SevuSevu with the boss man on the isle ...basically a lot of chanting and clapping.
Kava means intoxicating pepper and is a strong sedative which to be honest I could have benefited from before my near drowning event in the caves.
I?ll not bore you with the details now but I thought I was drowning and all I could think of was my diamond ring going to waste on the South Pacific sea bed.
As our provisions were low we decided to head back to Blue Lagoon and the Nanuya Resort where we could eat ashore and also ask ?Farm Boy ? to deliver some fruit and veg ... Fijian equivalent to Uber Eats.
Introducing ourselves to the owners of the resort we discovered they were Aussie?s and were invited to return the following evening to a night of entertainment .
Fire dancing and belly/ buttock movements to be envied.
One final piece of news , we managed a scuba dive .
Jim was confident and cool as a sea cucumber , I was a nervous wreck .
Our instructor, obviously sensing my anxiety, took my hand and I held onto it with an iron grip throughout the dive .
Fabulous experience in the profoundly silent world of a 10000 Nemos.
Last night saw us in Manteray Bay ( Southern end of Naviti Island)so pre dinner drinks at the Manteray Resort and we had hoped to swim with the Mantas themselves this morning but they were sadly not to be found. Currently at anchor at Vanua Levu Island in the Mamanuca Group and heading to Denarau in the morning.
BFN ( as Jimmy Young used to say )
Only the British readers would have spotted my mistake it wasn?t a Terry Wogan acronym
Thank you to my Big Bro Colin for pointing that out .
It?s beer O? Clock so over and out from Diver Dan ( aka Skip Jim ) and Her Down Below( aka the boss lady )

[END]