We left San Francisco on February 10, 2010 with a plan to head south to Mexico and then make the innocently named "puddle jump" to the South Pacific (!!) this spring. From there, who knows?!?!?!? Maybe Fiji? Australia? New Zealand? For now, we're just thrilled to finally be out at sea! 
Ok, so back to Fiji for a moment… While we were hanging out at the cafe in Port Denerau, I entertained myself by reading through the two local newspapers the cafe had on display. Some of the news items struck me as quite interesting, so I thought I’d share a few of the (paraphrased) headliners […]
Entries Tagged as 'Fiji'
Fiji Highlight – DOLPHINS!!
October 21st, 2010 · 1 Comment · Famous Firsts, Fiji
After we picked up Allison in Nadi, we spent one night anchored off Beachcomber Island (NOT recommended) and then left early the next morning to go to Waya Island. There was no wind and the water was almost perfectly still. We were motoring along at 4.5 knots when we saw the joyful splashes and heard […]
Fiji Highlight – Musket Cove
October 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Cruising with Friends, Debauchery, Fiji, Life on the Boat, shoe-cruising, Shore Excursions
Musket Cove has long been a cruiser’s haven in Fiji. Located on Manolo Island, MC offers a fairly calm mooring field, laundry, hot showers, a mini-market, bars, restaurants, and access to a resort pool. No trip to Fiji would be complete without some sort of resort relaxation, so we hung out at MC for a […]
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Leaving Fiji (??)
October 13th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Debauchery, Fiji, First Mates, Passages
After checking out of the country for the second time (long story), we are hoping to leave Fiji in the morning (Oct 14). Our plan is to head to Tanna, Vanuatu to check out an active volcano, then head to New Caledonia (probably Noumea – the “Paris of the South Pacific”!), where we will wait […]
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Fiji Highlight: Port Denerau
October 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Fiji, shoe-cruising
I know most people won’t understand this one – not even most of our fellow cruisers – but I will always think of Port Denerau fondly. Yes it is the land of “expensive” dining, cheap touristy souvenirs, overly eager adventure hawkers, sunburned and dazed brash, still-drunk co-eds heading back to Oz, and occasionally loud and […]
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Fiji Highlight – our anniversary getaway
October 11th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Fiji, First Mates, Shore Excursions
While sitting at a late breakfast on Sunday, Matt surprised me by suggesting maybe we should get a hotel and get off the boat (and away from the wonderful Denerau Marina) for a day. We checked prices and decided since it was already getting late in the day, we would book for Monday. So, a […]
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Fiji Highlight: Hiking on Waya Island & a lesson in boat kid hygiene
October 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Beautiful, Cruising with Friends, Fellow Cruisers, Fiji, Shore Excursions
Our second week in Fiji, first week with our guests, we were finally able to reunite with our cruising friends on IO and Totem. We hadn’t seen them in far too long, so we made plans to meet them at the southern anchorage on Waya Island, in Yalobi Bay. Although we haven’t spent as much […]
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A Perfect 10.10.10
October 8th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Fiji, First Mates, Thoughts on Family
This Sunday commemorates 8 months since we left the dock at Emeryville, but of greater significance to me is that it is also one year since Matt and I exchanged wedding vows in front of our family and friends. In an email this week, my friend Amanda said, “I feel like every now and then, […]
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Life on the dock
October 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Fiji, Introspection, Life on the Boat, Our Route, Random Thoughts, shoe-cruising, Words to Cling to
After the last few weeks of sailing all around, it is kind of nice to be tucked into the marina berths here at Port Denerau. Some of our other cruising friends scoff at the high prices of the restaurants here and another referred to this center of tourist madness as “Disneyland,” but I happen to […]
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Time Flies…
October 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Cruising Must-Haves, Cruising with Friends, Fellow Cruisers, Fiji, Life on the Boat, Somebody likes us
Wow. Our time in Fiji has gone by so fast. I guess that’s what happens when you have good friends along for the ride. In less than 2.5 weeks, we visited Beachcomber, Waya, Wayalailai, Navadra, Mana, and Manolailai islands and made a full circumnavigation of Naviti. There were various reasons as to why we moved […]
Tags: baking·friendships·happiness·Introspection·Mamanuca Islands·Woman on a Boat·Yasawa Islands