Tuesday morning we awoke to the sound of the anchor chain being pulled up at 6:45 a.m. – Rod was apparently in a hurry to leave for Suva. We motored (no wind) across the Read More …

While still in Beqa Lagoon we took one last dive, returning to Glory Hole where we completed our first commercial dive last week. It was a spectacularly beautiful dive site and we wanted to return Read More …

A slow start this morning as we were waiting for high tide, having been told that the river here cuts through the entire island and when the water is high we can navigate it all Read More …

Very early this morning I kayaked, camera in hand, a short ways up the mouth of a freshwater river that empties into our bay. It was lined and overhung with mangrove trees and felt like Read More …

Good news  – the emails continue! The Shark Dive has been going on three days a week for the past seven years – the only injury occurring to a diver who fell asleep on the Read More …

  This morning we pulled up our anchor and headed over to Beqa Island proper, into a beautiful protected bay surrounded on three sides by steep, heavily forested hills. This was an extremely comfortable anchorage Read More …

We spent the entire week in Beqa Lagoon, the main activity being diving. Picking up the narrative from last week… Monday and Tuesday, October 17 & 18 From Vatulele we motored over to Yaduca (pronounced Read More …

  A quiet morning – Mike and I took the dinghy to the limestone cliffs where the birds roost because I wanted to take some photos. Then we upped anchor to move Raven to nearby Read More …

True to his word, the chief of Vatulele showed up on the beach this morning ahead of schedule to give us a tour of the lagoons where the sacred red prawns live. We gave him Read More …

True to Capt. Rod’s words, the alarm clocks went off at 5 a.m. and we were underway at first light around 5:30. Winds and seas were much more moderate than yesterday and we made good Read More …