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Savusavu, Fiji

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We left Taveuni Island for Savusavu which is a small town on Vanua Levu. We were keen to get a few provisions and pick up some gifts to send home with Dave and Cathy. While we were there, some of us were struck by some kind of mystery illness and on talking to people on other boats found out quite a few had had similar symptoms spread out over several days. We hadn’t all come from the same place and hadn’t had physical contact with any of them. Anyway, we are all ok now.

From our mooring at Savusavu. Freewheel is the sky blue boat in the background.

We stayed on a mooring for a few days enjoying a bit of civilization and the Copra Shed Marina bar with other boats – Babe, Freewheel, Equinox, Dulcinea, Alchemy II. Sadly, we also said goodbye to Dave and Cathy.

Paul and Holly got their dive tickets

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A few days were spent at the Paradise resort on Taveuni island and Paul and Holly took the opportunity to get their PADI open water scuba dive tickets. The resort is close to the rainbow reef and our excursion out to the “cabbage patch” and “Pandora’s box” reefs was very special. While the divers were doing their main deep dives, the rest of us had a guided snorkel tour. The snorkelling was fabulous!

Albert Cove, Rabi Island

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Albert cove on Rabi Island is a little gem. The fringing reef was great for snorkeling and the beach was white sand lined with coconut trees. There isn’t a village in this bay but there were a couple of families living just back from the beach. We visited Derek and his wife Mariana (?) and their visiting grandchildren and they gave their permission for us to use their bay. Dave gave them his old wetsuit, an old snorkel mask and a women’s magazine and they seemed very happy with that. We stayed for a few days.

The grandchildren

Back to the Bay of Islands

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We enjoyed the Bay of Islands so much that we had to go back after the feast. There was still so much exploring to do there and the weather at Susui was atrocious. There is one particular bommie there that was just like swimming in an aquarium. It wasn’t very big but it was stunning. Here are some more pics including some drone shots courtesy of Dulcinea (another boat in the rally).

Bay of Islands, Fiji – us in the foreground.