Year Two
Date: 5/9/2009 16:30
Weather:Overcast
Location: Vuda Point Marina (17 40.882' S, 177 23.195' E)
Author: Peter

Hello everybody, sorry about the long delays but we now have our sailmail back up and running properly on the spare lap top. Because the spare lap top is run on vista we had to wait to get to an internet cafe to get some updates to help it run properly. We found a great place in Lautoka that only cost $1 an hour. We also apologize for any discrepancies in flow, but we have lost all the old journal entries on the yacht so we did not know where we were up to.

Moving on, we dropped Mum and Dad off yesterday after what we think was a nice relaxing week for them both. No one was sick, they got plenty of time to sit and read or catch a fish. They both went swimming, Mum did some snorkeling and they both enjoyed a paddle in the Kayak whilst up in the Blue Lagoon. Dad does however need to remember to reapply sun screen as the sun can do its damage rather quickly.

Izolda snorkelling

In an effort to keep things short we sailed from Malolo Island (Musket Cove) all the way up to the Blue Lagoon in the Yasawa's, stopping at many different and varied anchorages. At least half of this time was spent avoiding some strong winds which put pay to some of our regular exploring ashore. On the numerous beach walks mum did some shell collecting whilst Dad went straight for the coconut trees. He loved to collect the young green coconuts up the tree by poking them with a long stick. He would then sit for a while with the machete cutting their tops off so he could drink the contents.

After arriving back at Vuda Point, Mum and Dad took us out to Nadi for a wonderful Indian meal at the Sitar restaurant. I just wish I could cook food that tasted this delicious. The food was smooth with the curries having a nice even blend of spices that makes it so easy to love (all of my curries have more of a bite). I especially liked the Ceylon inspired curry.

We would love to have more visits like this more regularly but we understand the expenses involved. It is just sad to see them go again as it only feels like yesterday that they arrived. Their stay just seemed to fly by.

Since then we have done a little shopping in preparation for our next set of guests to arrive. The Davis's fly in on Monday and we are looking forward to spending a good week of exploring with them. Until then we plan to do a little relaxing ourselves interspersed with some cleaning and maintenance.
One months worth of tropical growth

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