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Welcome to Lautoka |
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The shed says it all. Boy, were we glad to see this, our first entry port. |
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Drying out at Vuda Point Marina |
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Everything had to be hosed down to get rid of the salt encrustation. The small sail at the front of the boat was flown quite frequently on the trip - anything else was too much power. |
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Madman |
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Now if you think we are mad sailing around the world in a small boat, take a look at the one in the foreground. It is from Southampton in the UK! |
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The Curse of Vuda Point Marina! |
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The cunning red-arsed banana thief! (AKA bulbils) Working in pairs, they can strip a boat of fruit in minutes. |
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Ahhh, this is more like it! |
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Musket Cove Resort, Malololailai Island, Mamanutha Group |
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Daemon sunbathing after a grueling passage from NZ |
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Musket Cove, Mamanutha Group |
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Navadra Island, Mamanutha Group |
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Just bloody gorgeous! |
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Local fishermen |
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Navadra Island. The canoe is corrugated iron, the dark spot in the water a school of sardines. |
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Looks like we got us a convoy! |
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Kiwi flotilla. From left: Ladymink, Aurora Lights & Beyond. Flocerfida and Windanzee piked out the day before. |
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Hey honey! Guess what's for dinner... |
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and breakfast & lunch & dinner...
We always managed to catch fish whilst negotiating very tricky reef passes. |
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The Great Turtle Island Invasion 2006 |
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OK, so we know the sign says "Private Property, No Trespassing" and it costs, ohhh, 5 gazillion dollars a night to stay, and Britney & K-Fed honeymooned there, but we just couldn't resist... |
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The local freeway to the supermarket... |
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...which led to The Farm |
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Source of crunchy green stuff (and more pawpaws than you could shake a stick at) for yachties. Blue Lagoon, Yasawa Group |
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Wet groceries again! |
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And you think you have it tough trying to find a carpark by the door at the supermarket. |
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Sawa I Lau Caves |
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Bruce & Rob (Cracka) snaorkeling in the underwater caves at Sawa I Lau, Yasawa Island. |
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Kava Pounding |
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Village by Sawa I Lau Caves, Yasawa Islands |
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Our mates Cracka! |
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Rob, Roni & The Child (Daniel), Land Harbour, Yasawa Island |
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Once a trader... |
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This is what Bruce scored for some kayak glue - lobster, yam & cassava. We ate well that night. |
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Wildcard! |
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Captain Fatty & Carolyn Goodlander from Wildcard aboard Daemon while interviewing us for Cruising World magazine. |
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The photo we hope Cruising World will use... |
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... and the one we suspect they'll use. |
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