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  • Savusavu to Matagi

    Savusavu to Matagi

    Game Day After a couple of days in Matai hanging with the locals and playing music, conversing and drinking kava we sailed around the top of Taveuni to Matagi Island.  I had yet to visit this anchorage which is in a stunning, reef fringed, horseshoe shaped bay.  The island is private and owned by a… Read more

  • Sotatale Riada II….Bula Bodhran

    Sotatale Riada II….Bula Bodhran

    Guava anchored near the narrow dogleg pass (the 2 small slots at the right) at Varuna. After 4 months of cruising in Fiji it is time to cut the ties from Riada II and crew.  Meeting them in the unique location of Minerva Reef, actually standing on the reef picking lobsters, and continuing to travel… Read more

  • Manta Church

    awe |ô| noun a feeling of reverential respect mixed with fear and/or wonder : they gazed in awe at the small mountain of diamonds awesome |ˈôsəm| adjective extremely impressive and/or daunting; inspiring great admiration, apprehension, and/or fear : the awesome power of the atomic bomb. Yesterday I was filled with awe and believe something truly… Read more

  • Church

    Church

    With eyes closed and the singing filling in my ears,  I concentrated on the sensation of the sound washing over me….and felt the waves similar to the familiar ocean type, flow over my body.  I didn’t know the words to the Fijian songs, nor the words to the sermon but somehow accepted the general message. … Read more

  • Vanua Balavu Photo Gallery

    Here are some random shots of Vanua Bulavu and the area also known as Bay of Islands…for obvious reasons. Read more

  • Niue whales

    Here are pix from when Guava was anchored at Niue.  A mother and calf showed up to Guava in the morning and hung around for a day.  The calf was nursing and curious to our presence.  We were cautious and the calf kept engaging with us and the mother seemed indifferent.  There was another adult… Read more