Suva to Kadavu Island

It is time to leave the excitment of Suva/Fiji and head for the outer Fijian island of Kadavu an overnight sail away. We left at 3:30AM and had a good sail though we were hard on the wind all the way with boat healing and spray flying. We could just make our course sailing the boat as close to the wind as it would go.


We arrived at our chosen anchorage of Nabouwalu Bay late in the afternoon. What a difference from Suva. We are back in the wilderness, a beautiful bay surrounded by reefs and palm trees with a tiny village at its head, no cars, they still live back in time here.
We went ashore the next day and walked around and then looked for village chief to get permission to stay here. A elder said the chief was away but he brought us into his home and talked to us abit and then asked us to come to dinner tonight at 7pm. Next his daughter showed us around village and took us to a waterfall.
Later we went for a long walk up a trail to a small resort a couple of miles up coast. That evening we left a bit early for our dinner appt. as we wanted to get there before pitch dark so we could find our way there. There are no lights in village. On arrival we gave the daughter a printed copy of a picture we took of her which she seemed to really like. This house was the only one with a light on, he had turned his small generator on just for us. They usually used kerosene lanterns For dinner we sat on the floor on mats and food was placed in front of us only and they all watched us eat. I asked if they were going to eat and they said later. Dinner was taro root, dall soup and a noodle dish dish with some fish in it which being allergic to fish, I could not eat. After we ate they sat down and ate there dinner including the six children.
Later heading back to the boat we headed for the only light in the bay, our anchor light, and new there was nothing in between us and the light. It was pitch black with no moon.