September 2011

Travel
Musket Cove

Scream spent four nights at Musket Cove. The marina in musket cove is easily the nicest facility in Fiji. The water is crystal clear and filled with fish. The shore is lined with great sand beaches with palm trees behind. This is where they take those postcard pictures. (This is a great picture of the […]

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Travel
Navadra

Scream spent two nights at the beautiful island of Navadra. The anchorage here is the northernmost anchorage in the Mamanuca group, and is closer to Waya in the Yasawas than to most of the Mamanucas. The island is uninhabited. The sand beaches are beautiful. The water at Navadra is shockingly clear. Visibility is over 20m. […]

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Travel
Port Denarau Restaurant Reviews

We've been in Denarau three times to re-provision, and we've taken that opportunity to eat out. Here are our reviews of the places where we have eaten. The curry wrap / roti from the hut on the far side (east) of the parking lot is inexpensive and tasty. It is a large snack or light […]

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Travel
Robinson Crusoe, Fiji

Scream spent two great weeks anchored off Robinson Crusoe Resort in Fiji. This resort is run by a former cruiser and is cruiser friendly. They serve set-menu, buffet style meals at 1pm and 7pm daily. There is no menu, you eat what they cook. Lunch is F$10 and dinner F$15. On Wednesday and Saturday evenings […]

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Fun
Diving

People often ask us if we're SCUBA divers and we always say we're happy snorkelling. It's true that we both enjoy floating on the surface, watching the fish and coral going by below us. And we both do a little freediving, Steven particularly. We've been lots of places that offered SCUBA courses, but it always […]

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Learning
Fiji Waypoints

We've compiled this set of waypoints (.zip) from various sources on our trip around Fiji. We started in Savu Savu, travelled counter clockwise three quarters of the way around Vanua Levu, across the north and west sides of Viti Levu, and into the Yasawas. We do not have waypoints for the rest of Fiji, so […]

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