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[status]We are at Kadavu which is a large island due south of Suva. We have had Luke and Aimee fly into here from Nadi for a week and John just flew in here on Sunday for a week. We had a really good week with Luke and Aimee, although it was really windy most days and nights. The wind doesn't seem to lessen at night here like it does at home. We briefly saw one whale although there were a few around the area. A few water snakes were seen as well on the rocky bottom around a pretty beach called Valoea on the island of Ono. We were told about an island called Vurolevu, that was reported as a great place to snorkel and watch Manta Rays gather to get cleaned. So we snorkelled and saw up to 8 of these beautiful graceful creatures. We had a good time with Luke and Aimee although they wanted to see a whale for longer than they did. After dropping them at Kadavu airport we waited overnight to collect John. We had a great sail up to the island of Ono. Before we stopped into our overni
ght anchorage we spent probably close to an hour or longer watching 2 whales just chilling around our boat. They were an incredible sight. Along with the whales we had a marlin beside our boat which jumped out of the water 3 times but didn't take the lure we had out the back. John and Glen have done lots of snorkling and decided to check out where the Manta Rays were so we could go back at high tide the next day, as this is the best time to see them. When we got to the pass where they are seen normally, they were there and sunning themselves in the shallows so Glen and John got in the water with them and filmed 8 rays at one time. They are just so graceful. We are heading over to the Mamanuca island group with John doing an overnighter. His first over night passage. All well on board and enjoying what Fiji has had to offer us so far.

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