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  • and, our other neighbors came to visit!

    and, our other neighbors came to visit!

    We have a pretty tight-knit neighborhood community back home. Thanks to Covid for that! Our neighbors Mary, Erik, Hannah & Simon bought tickets to come visit in Fiji before we left the States. 🙂 They also schlepped a lot of stuff for us, like home school textbooks and a new laptop to be used only… Read more

  • Our neighbors came to visit!

    Our neighbors came to visit!

    We had such a fabulous time with our neighbors Lynette, Sterling & Summer. Sterling is Jade’s BFF, and Jade has been counting down the days until Sterling arrived since we heard they had bought tickets. Luz and Summer had a blast playing together, too. We did a fascinating tour of the KokoMana chocolate farm and… Read more

  • Paradise (sortof!)

    Paradise (sortof!)

    We sailed overnight from Lakeba to Paradise Resort on the south side of Taveuni island. Riki caught a skipjack tuna trolling and gave it to the resort kitchen as a type of sevusevu. We had lunch and the kids had a swim in the pool. The wind picked up from the north and a mooring… Read more

  • Lakeba

    Lakeba

    We left the Bay of Islands in Vanua Balavu last Wednesday, together with SV Pangea, heading towards Fulaga in the Southern Lau group. We hoped to arrive the following day in Fulaga, but the wind was too strong (20+ knots) and from the wrong direction (on the nose) so we decided to stop in Lakeba.… Read more

  • Coconut hunting

    Coconut hunting

    The same day as we provisioned, we went to a beach in the afternoon to go coconut hunting. Taylor has some special tools for opening coconuts, and she taught us how to do it. Read more

  • Provisioning (ie. grocery shopping) in Vanua Balavu

    Provisioning (ie. grocery shopping) in Vanua Balavu

    On Monday morning, I went to pick up Taylor at 6:00 am in our dinghy. Then we pulled up the anchor and had coffee while motoring about an hour to get to the village of Daliconi. The video is us going through the Bay of Islands. After we anchored near the village, Riki took Taylor… Read more