Why I am not nearly so keen on snorkeling as some other people |
...recounts the retirement travels of Mark and Vicki Sherouse since 2008...in Asia and the Pacific, New Zealand, Europe, South America, and Africa, as well as the US and Canada. Our website, with much practical information, is: https://sites.google.com/site/theroadgoeseveron/.Contact us at mark.sherouse@gmail.com or vsherouse@gmail.com.
Sunday, April 6, 2014
Nanuya Snorkeling
Saturday it rained on and off all day--more reading and relaxation and thoughts of Somerset Maugham and Sadie Thompson--and then Sunday dawned warm and sunny, and we put our last few hours on Nanuya to good use, snorkeling again along the reef that fronts the resort. I have added the underwater shots Vicki took from our disposable sports camera.
Saturday, April 5, 2014
Nanuya Scenes
"Our" beach |
At the Blue Lagoon point |
Around the point, back side of Nanuya, Turtle Island on the right |
Prime snorkeling area off the point |
Thus (we'll have snorkeling pix when the sports camera photos are developed) |
The supply ship arrives |
Swimming fuel barrels to the shore (for the generator) |
Alas, it rained on and off all Saturday |
But traffic to and from the resort continued |
Thus; take-off is at http://youtu.be/SJtBaPOfq3w |
Farewell serenade for departing Melbourne guests; on YouTube at http://youtu.be/4bSO6vj1OqU |
Dinner On The Beach
Sawa-I-Lau Caves
Moses at the helm, as it were, speeding us away from Nanuya |
Reefs and shoals along the way |
Sea-faring Vicki |
To me it looked just like Tom Hanks' island in Cast Away; Moses informed us, with a wicked grin, that it was called "Cannibal Island" |
Some of the islands we passed were clearly volcanic in origin, recently; others, not |
Approaching the island of caves |
"Righty tighty, lefty loosey"...a mechanical interlude a mile off-shore, as Moses re-attaches the motor to the boat |
The Blue Lagoon Caves Centre...steps to the right leading to the caves, to the left, the market, with beads, necklaces, etc., to the extreme left, the toilet, behind a rock ("pee only") |
Someone else's photo of the large cave...I'll have my own in the following post... soon... |
It's all this weirdly-eroded limestone (plus beautiful waters surrounding the island) |
Pretty, if tiny beach |
We took a different route back, on the outside, looking westward to the Coral Sea, still hugging the shore, where possible, and enjoying the reefs |
Schools of jumping fish (I swear they were...) |
And the many different shore features |
Friday, April 4, 2014
Matacawalevu Village Visit
Looking toward the village, across the channel, from Joji's boat |
On the beach; Matacawalevu translates to "long beach" |
Houses facing a village green |
Some of the houses, nearer the beach, did not fare well in last year's cyclone |
The church (Methodist) |
Interior |
Village ceremonial drum |
Cooking is done in a shed away from one's house |
Piglet herd |
Joji shows us a local tuber, kava |
Bread fruit: think Captain Bligh and Fletcher Christian |
And papaya, one of my least favorite tropical fruits |
Boating back to Nanuya...the Blue Lagoon beach again |
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