After a very rolly night, we dragged ourselves out of bed this morning, had breakfast and headed ashore to delivery our "kava". There was just one small problem - We couldn't actually get ashore, even at high tide, due to the reefs runnung along the entire beach, as well as a swell dumping waves on the beach. Far too precarious to land a dinghy and, although we saw a few villagers roaming around, the didn't seem particularly interested in us. So, it was back to Paw Paw with "kava" in hand to weigh anchor and head for Naviti Island.

En route we passed Narara Island before taking the Mocelutu Passage between Naukasevu and Nanuya Balavu Islands, where we passed two very nice resorts on either side of the passage and then decided to anchor just off Drawaqa island which is slightly south of Naviti Island. Once we were settled, it was time to explore in the dinghy.

First stop was meant to be the Barefoot Resort, but with rather sketc hy directions we weren't sure where exactly we could beach the dinghy, so decided to head for the Manta Ray Resort instead. Getting ashore was trickly, again due to the surrounding reefs, but being on solid ground after bouncing around for 24 hours made it worthwhile.

Once ashore, what we found was a very rustic, but welcoming resort in a very picturesque setting, where we enjoyed a few drinks while lounging in beanbags, overlooking a white sandy beach, trimmed with turquoise waters. We also got to see the holiday-makers feeding the fish as a resort activity and enjoyed the beautiful harmonic singing of the resort staff bidding some of their guests farewell. We were barely back on Paw Paw when the Yasawa Flyer arrived in the anchorage to drop off and pick up guests of the various resorts.

We did have a few unpleasant happenings today though. We woke to the news that the Power of Attorney which we had entered the parallel universe to get notarised, is a ctually invalid, since the notary made a mistake on it. Then we bought a half a hand of bananas from one of the delivery boats and ended up with an enormous spider on deck for company. What made that saga a little worse was that, after Roy thought he'd got rid of it overboard, Elaine nearly stood on it a few minutes later. It's fair to say the entire anchorage heard her reaction. Finally, when we thought it was safe to get in the water and enjoy a swim - Guess what - No, not sharks, but huge jellyfish - Bang went that idea!

After a rather eventful day, we settled for a quite evening aboard!