Bekana

Just a brief note today, still some northerly winds and rain at times. So we have not moved on yet. Instead we put the outboard motor on our dinghy and crossed the channel from Bekana Island to Lautoka and went into town!
An interesting place and many changes since we last came 35 years ago, en route by plane across the Pacific to Easter Island and South America. We did note that one can now obtain flat white coffee and chicken wraps if you wish.

The fruit and vegetable market was the best yet, lots of variety, clean, tidy and remarkably cheap. Then on to immigration to sort out the paperwork involved with Denise leaving Katipo this month to fly back to Auckland and Ted's arrival to sail on the voyage Fiji to Auckland. This took a while, two taxi trips and instructions to come back next Tuesday - but all is underway.

The wind should return to the more usual South East soon, then we hope to move on to Saweni Bay
We will send more news in a few days.

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