With the temperatures dropping overnight as a cold front passed over Fiji, we woke to a very chilly morning yesterday, so we decided to just stay in bed. When we eventually did surface, the sun was shining and another beautiful day awaited us. Elaine got her exercises done, Roy completed the upload of all our recent photographs to the website Gallery and by then it was lunch time.

A short bus ride took us back to the Hilton Fiji Beach Resort and Spa, where we enjoyed a tasty lunch, before tackling our first large shop in months - Provisioning, before we leave Fiji, at the Fresh Choice supermarket on Denarau Island. This must be one of Port Denarau's best kept secret, which Roy uncovered by accident when purchasing our new house batteries. For months we've been taking the bus into Nadi to do our provisioning, then hauling the shopping all the way back on the bus or getting a taxi, when all we had to do was visit this very large, well stocked supermarket. Live and learn hey!

Today, we did, however, have to make another trip into Nadi to visit our preferred butcher, purchase a new "communications device" for Elaine, as the existing one cannot keep up with the constant stream of bullshit originating from the White House, it seems, and purchase a few gifts.

Once we were back on Paw Paw we spent the rest of the afternoon doing the usual preparations for an upcoming passage - Refill propane tanks,  fill up with diesel, purchase dinghy fuel, etc, all of which we were successful in completing when we moved Paw Paw to our allocated mooring ball in Port Denarau Marina.

In between all of this, Elaine had the delight of dealing with our property management company again, who have simply refused to reallocate a substantial residual amount of costs to the tenant, touting that the damages are as a result of "usual wear and tear" - Allocating only 30% of the cost to have the entire interior repainted, although almost every wall has been damaged, broken locks, a closet door that is off it's hinges, replacing a medicine cabinet that was removed for some inexplicable reason and this is only a small subset of all the damages caused by this tenant for which they are being charged.  It is truly appaling and beyond comprehension as to how this is allowed to happen.  Anyway,  for now we have agreement on everything that needs to be repaired and have paid the upfront cost to get the work underway. Lets see how the rest of this saga unfolds!