Just_in_Time's blog

We left Wakaya and came across to Levuka – known as the place where time stands still - on the island of Ovalau. We had a great trip over – no wind and a very gentle swell. Levuka was the first capital of Fiji and is still very colonial. The shops, signs, buildings and surrounds are still as they were 50 years ago. The people are all so friendly and as we walked down the street they greet us with “Bula” and a big smile. We had a walk around town and every clock we saw in town didn’t give the correct time – I think this proves that ‘time does stand still’ (especially here in Levuka)!!!!

We have been in a gorgeous anchorage at Wakaya Island, which we hadn’t been to before. Unfortunately we couldn’t get off and have a walk along the white sandy beach as it is a privately owned island and there are signs up everywhere “Private Island. Strictly no landing”. It is owned by a Canadian entrepreneur by the name of David Gilmour.
We had a few dives there and it is a well known area for manta ray sightings, although we didn’t see any, the dives were still really impressive and the water clarity was amazing. We saw all the usual tropical fish with a few we hadn’t seen before and a shark or two. Adds to the excitement!!!!

Anchored at Namena marine reserve. Awesome diving here. Stayed here last year for three days and did lots of diving and the weather has allowed us to do the same again this year. There are so many dive sites and all wonderful diving - Tetons, Fantasy, The Mushsrooms, Rainbow, The Chimneys...... Lots of fish, large and small, soft corals, fan corals, christmas tree worms........ Great for photography, both macro and normal. Also a red footed booby bird colony. Lovely, cute fluffy chicks and birds flying over the boat all day and follow us in the dinghy. Here with Sea Bride and Vixen 7, so good company, good scenery and great diving.

We are anchored in one of our favourite spots at the moment - “ Makogai. We always find lots to do here and time passes by too quickly. We went in to see Kamali and do our usual sevu sevu. He always remembers the boat and makes us welcome. We were sitting out the back last night having dinner and we could hear the kids laughing, squealing and playing onshore. They sound so happy. We always comment kids laughter, and tears, sound the same in any language. No computer games, play station or TV’s here!!! Yesterday we did a few cleaning chores on the boat in the morning when it was still reasonably cool, and then after lunch we hauled out the dive gear and went for a ‘shake down’ dive. As usual there was plenty to see, lion fish, a huge puffer fish, Spanish mackerel and lots of colourful tropical fish. stunning here – no We also have a friendly turtle that pops his head above the water near the stern of the boat every now and then. Just idyllic.