[password] TwinkY6433
[position] 16 43.518S 179 54.043E
[weather] knots, baro.
[anchorage] Anchored in Nasau Bay , Vanua Levu, Fiji.
[status] (Monday?s post) It?s 8 weeks today before we fly out to Spain. We are both looking forward to it so much that it almost makes us forget we have to sail back to NZ in about 4 weeks! I?m not particularly looking forward to that passage, but not much choice in the matter. Oh well, the price we pay. :).

We motored around the corner to Nasau Bay. There?s a little ?retreat? on one beach, and some houses on another. We went ashore with the crew from Manuhaea who arrived at the same time, to do sevusevu. They brought some Kava and we took clothing and some fishing supplies. The place looked deserted, but there turned out to be one family of 5 living there. We had a good chat, enjoyed some fresh coconuts, and talked about their lives on the island. They are copra farmers and only just started up production again after cyclone Winston caused a bit of damage 2 years ago. Their coconut trees were some of the tallest we?ve seen and were very old. They were typical smiling happy Fijians and it was lovely to meet them.

We returned to the boat and headed out to snorkel a bommie just behind us. It was fantastic. The best snorkelling we?ve seen so far on this trip. Lots of soft corals as well as hard, and lots of fish life. I took a heap of photos and will post once we get back to some internet.

We finished the evening with dinner and drinks on Manuhaea. A great end to a great day.

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