Suva Fiji

Suva the capital of Fiji, is the first place where I truly feel I am in a foreign city. It is a busy, colorful, exciting place. There was not very many yachts in the anchorage I think because of the bad reputation of the custom officials, though we had no problem. Just lots of paper work and time consuming to check in. We enjoyed exploring the city, the cheap spicy Indian food which Dorothy liked but I was not to keen on. We took taxis many places as it was usually only $2 Canadian or less for a ride.
We got our Australian visa after a long day of paperwork and $200 each!!
I bought a Quad band, unlocked world phone and called mom for a great rate. everyone seems to have a cell phone here and it is a good place to get one.

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Easy entrance, but call port control on 16 to anounce you are entering harbour. The anchorage was good with lots of room when we were there. Anchored in 30ft at 18 07.344S 178 25.391 . Call Royal Suva Yacht Club, RSY they will arrange for customs to come out to your boat. You pay RSY a small fee to become a member and then you can use there dinghy dock and water for a fee. and some laundry ladies there will do your laundry. Later you need to get a cruising permit to cruise Fiji and Customs will tell you where to go to get it and it was free. Q was $30 I beleive.