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My sister Libby & her friend Rob came to visit for 12 days. Unfortunately we didn’t have the best of weather for them–many cloudy days & a few rainy ones too. Plus it was super windy the whole time. With all our visitors, we try to show them some of village culture as well as… Read more

Wub is a photographer & she took lots of photos of her nephew while she was here. She also invented lots of silly games with him and brought a magnetic fishing toy that was a big hit. Here’s some of her photos. He hates the bath these days. Family meal, Guava-style. Diapering a sleeping baby… Read more

Next we sailed to Kioa Island, a new place for both of us. On the way, we say Manta Rays just in front of the bow, in a shallow spot over the reef. We saw 4 of them, big & black with white mouths. Riki was like a little kid, he was so excited. He… Read more

Small captain checking out the anchorage. I find that wherever we go, the people really make the place. We remember places as beautiful and special mostly because of the friends that we made in those places. On Rabi Island the people are Banaban. They speak Banaban (and English), not so much Fijian. They were given… Read more

Ten days out of Savu Savu we were pretty much out of fresh fruit and veggies, so we hitched a ride along with our friend Biju in a Fijian fiberglass long boat with a 40 horsepower engine on it over to the island of Taviuni. The boat went very fast and was rather bumpy, too.… Read more