Fiji Revisited

21st July – 22nd August 2022

When we called Port Denarau Marina the morning after we’d arrived to ask if  we could we come in for clearance we were politely told that we should stay at anchor as the marina was full at the moment and that they’d get back to us asap re clearance procedures.

It was Friday and we really wanted to clear in to avoid the weekend overtime charges. By the time we heard back from the Marina staff the wind had come up and we were instructed to bring our tender in and collect the officers and take them to our boat. We explained that we were anchored approximately two miles from the marina and that with the  current wind direction it would be a very wet ride out for all concerned.

As our friends on Pogeyan also needed to be cleared both tenders were launched and we shared the load of the officers, but they still all got wet. Our clearance went just fine so now we were free to do whatever we wanted.

Yet another perfect Fiji sunset

First up was to re - provision our fruit and veg, followed by haircuts for both of us and re connecting to the outside world again with a great Digicel phone plan for calls and data. We were back on the grid once more.

Over the next month we to and frowed between our main base in Musket Cove  and Port Denarau. We caught up with our Swedish, Ulla and Pelle and Italian friends, Max and Alex who all piled onto GWTW and  we took a Sunday trip out to the Cloud 9 floating bar. 

With GWTW in the background, it was pizza Sunday at cloud 9 with our friends

Perfect landing

Max takes flight

Looking good

Splashdown

Pelle goes foot first

Mid drop

Other waterborne activities included snorkeling in the gin clear waters off Musket Cove.

Wonderfully clear waters

We also chilled out most arvo's by the pool at Musket  Cove Resort and watched some spectacular sunsets. The water was clear, the sun was shinning, the temperature was in the high 20’s and the wine was cold. What more could we want while waiting for a decent weather window to hit the blue highway once again.

It doesn't get much better

The month flew by and soon it was time to visit with customs, check out of  Fiji and head to off to New Caledonia. 

A final catchup with Dave and Charmane from Rewa and Jeff the Port Denarau Marina Manager

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