Back in Balmy Fiji

Hi there! I finally have a moment to stop and try out our new Vodaphone flashnet mobile connect stick. Yeah!  We are now at the First Landing Resort next to Sidewinder, loving the romantic Fijian ambience: palms waving with the warm breezes, tropical birds flying and squawking, incredible sunsets, torches lighting the path to the open-air bar and restaurant, and beautiful melodic singing serenading us as we try new menu items each night, and, yes, we are spending way too much money, although it is so much cheaper than New Zealand. 


David and I have been singing and playing music each night with the wonderful Fijian locals who harmonize so easily; it has been such a special treat.  We had our room for three nights originally and we are still here on our fifth evening. Even though we have been working hard each day, staying at the resort makes us feel like we are still in the vacation mode. We really are leaving tomorrow to finally move onto dear Sidewinder after pulling out enough items onto the deck so we could begin the task of cleaning and making sense of what needs to be done down below. 


We will remain on the hard for a week or so, having some welding work done on the bow pulpit and stern area, putting sails and lines back on, charging batteries, painting the bottom, etc.; there is a lot to be done! It is great to reconnect with Roz and Russ from s/v Worrall Wind and find out more about the islands to explore, best places to re-provision, etc. They just finished a three day course with the dive master from here and they are now certified. We may try to do that after we get our work done and back in the water. It truly is great being back in the warm weather and luckily, we have not had too much rain. I actually finally swam in the bay both yesterday and today at sunset and it was awesome; the water is sooo warm!   Sidewinder is cetainly  looking  forward to getting back on the water, and the islands we can see from here beckon us to sail and get on with our adventure.