Continuation from yesterday”¦

We walked out of the chief’s house and the anticipated downpour began. A woman in a house a couple doors down from the chief called out to us to get out of the rain and come inside. We were quite grateful for her invitation. From the outside, her home was very similar to the chief’s, but inside it had a lot more furniture. She had three comfy chairs in a row along one of the walls, a table near the kitchen, and several different types of linoleum patterns on the floor. We could see a bed in the next room. She asked us to sit in the chairs. Her husband, Lai, sat in the third chair. She sat on the floor amid three big piles of fiber. She told us she was hand weaving a mat.

We sat and chatted with her and her husband for about 45 minutes, until the Continue reading →

When we woke up the sun was brighter than it was yesterday. We looked into the water below us and could see all sorts of spectacular coral formations. Guess we missed the sand patch. At least it will be a pretty dive when we free the anchor.

We have been itching to use the kayaks since Tonga. This was an ideal spot, being both remote and sheltered, so we got the kayaks down instead of the dinghy. We decided to explore the islands, figuring that they were small and it wouldn’t take very long. We went to Vanua Levu first, curious about the huts on shore. We landed the dinghy to the left of the large rock next to the huts. This is the nicest beach we have seen since leaving San Diego. It is fine white sand. We realized that there was no way to go around the rock and we’d have to go over it.

Towards the top of the hill, we found Continue reading →