Rain, Rain Go Away

We spent a few days waiting for Greg in SavuSavu where we spent our time trying to save money and avoiding the rain.  It rains a lot in SavuSavu and it is usually heavy rain.  This part of Fiji has thick lush jungle and this jungle needs a lot of rain.  We ate a lot of awesome curries in SavuSavu.  We found another awesome restaurant which is called Hidden Paradise Restaurant.  As usual all the best restaurants look like little cafes but put together the most amazing curries ever.  We bickered quite a bit which past the time famously… Only joking, but me Things did get a little bored with constant rain and not much to do.

One highlight of SavuSavu are the geothermal hot springs that can be seen on the beach.  If you go there at low tide you can see the water running and steam rising off the beach.  This is all very good but I did think hot springs are much better in cold countries as when your in the tropics your already quite hot so you don’t really need steaming hot water all around you.  This is purely from a walking and lounging point of view as apparently if they tapped this geothermal resource it would provide enough electricity to power the whole island.  Sounds pretty useful to me.

Luckily Greg turned up and was keen to get back to Musket Cove.  We had to wait one more day for the weather/wind to be more favourable and then we were off.  We hoped the rain was behind us as we sailed off towards clearer skys but alas a freak cold raining spell hit Fiji due to southerly winds and the rain came with us.

We had a fairly cool trip to Voli Voli point where we overnighted. The weather cleared a little and most the passage was between the reef and land so we were sheltered from the seas. We then made good time back to Denauru, and headed to the pub for beer and pizza, it was really cold. Now I realise its Fiji not Alaska but I am more than a little acclimated to warmth coupled with the fact I ditched my jeans in Canada, once again my insistence to carry my sleeping bag with me around the tropics paid off!!

Hot Springs and cold sailing