We leave this paradise tomorrow afternoon and are returning to the village where the locals are giving all the cruisers a party. It will be a fund raiser for them and a good time for all of us. Sort of win, win and the cool thing is one our young cruising couples are getting married here as well. Not sure how all that is going to work out legally but they will be married in their eyes now and will probably do another celebration when they get back to the states.This place has been so bitchen !! The weather has been killer, the fishing is such that even I have caught a few with one of them being a 3 ft. + long waloo which is like a Spanish mackerel and taste excellent. We have had a number of meals from it prepared a different way each time and it's all been good. Mornings are spent top side with coffee in hand watching the color in the clouds as the sun comes up. Then it's out to drag a jig around the small islands that are everywhere around here hoping that some poor fish goes for it and winds up being dinner. Suzi has been taking long stand up paddle board paddles with a few other cruisers Ladies and lots of the small islands have little bays that wind around making for perfect paddling scenery. There are also caves and arches in the islands with some of them allowing for passage in and under. Very cool with the water crystal clear and warm with very little wind. Then it's time to load up into the dinghies and head off for a snorkel. The evenings have included parties and music on one of beautiful little beaches that are near by or aboard one of the boats for pot lucks dinners and more music. These poor folks are music hungry around here and they even think I have a good voice and that my harmonica playing is superb. Ignorance is bliss .... Suzi on the other hand has really raised her guitar playing up a notch, she has improved so much over the last few years it's amazing. So as you can see, boredom isn't something we need to worry about right now.
After the wedding and dinner tomorrow we plan on heading over to the other side of the main island and continue on south seeing more of the island that are on our way to Kadavu. Time is running out and we have even thought about leaving Sidewinder here in Fiji again this year. It's just talk at this point but there is still so much to see and do around here that who knows ???
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You two sure are getting out there and seeing the real Fiji. Keep making that good music w the locals, that is a lot of fun. Any MP3 releases? And the SUP around the islands sounds awesome. I look forward to hearing about your impressions of Kadavu. We stopped in LA on our way back from Fiji. Biked up and down the beach boardwalks from Hermosa to Venice. Something tells me that you don't miss any of that right now. Enjoy your journeys.
From, Jeff and Shauna from Florida and Dolphin Bay Divers in June 2012
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