Once we had enough light to see we raised our anchor, set the sails and headed off to the pass out of the lagoon. Inside the lagoon we were flying over moderately flat water. We knew the pass was more than wide enough but the speed at which we approached it made it feel quite narrow. Soon we were through and heading downwind and west. With a combination of broad reach and wing on wing on each tack we made it all the way to Taveuni. We had wondered if we’d stop at Nanuku Reef but at the time the sky was overcast so we figured losing a day to snorkel there wasn’t worth giving up the wind.<\/p>\n

As we approached Taveuni I was keen to try out the improved internet over the Vodafone network. I ran into problems doing this which may be explained either through my data service expiring or my stick being incompatible with the new service.<\/p>\n

When we arrived at Taveuni we saw Kalida (last seen in New Zealand). I was keen to get ashore and buy more data so as soon as we’d tidied the boat we dropped the dinghy. We first headed over to Kalida to say hello to Dave and Alison and see if they wanted to join us ashore for dinner. They were partied out and had hoped for a quiet evening. We recognised the feeling so after a chat we headed off ashore.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately they don’t sell (or at least don’t know if they’re selling) data packages at the store here so we reverted to plan B which was to bring our laptops ashore later to surf at the nearby restaurant (Tavetave or something – we can never remember the name) that has a connection. We did pick up a few essentials and some veges to last us until we get to Savusavu where, incidentally, we now know our charger has arrived.<\/p>\n

It was still too early for dinner so we headed back to Dignity to wait it out. We went ashore just before 6 only to learn that the buffet dinner started at 7. That was good though as we were able to sort out all our internet things to do before dinner. This included uploading all our photos and updated our blog entries. So if you’re interested, go back in the blog all the way to our Naivivi entry to see our albums.<\/p>\n

The buffet dinner was excellent. We ended up chatting to a honeymoon couple from Colorado, Laura and Ryan. It was nice to have their company for the evening.<\/p>\n

Now our minds are focused on getting to Savusavu. We don’t want to miss out on some of the really nice (we hear) anchorages round here as we may never get the chance to come back this way. So we’re heading off to the island of Rabi (Rambi) for 2-3 days after which we’ll make our way to Savusavu aiming to get there by the middle of next week so we have time to get in, do our stuff and clear out before next weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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