We have had a busy day starting fairly early. We are anchored outside the Denerau inner harbour near the entrance channel just off the mangrove lined shore. The water is about 5 metres deep and the holding seems ok. It takes us about 15 minutes to motor into the harbour with our small dinghy with its 2 HP outboard. It is an easy dinghy to row too which we do at times or if the engine will not go! The dinghy also has an elegant shape. Oars are a rarity within the cruising community as 95 % of boats have inflatables as tenders and fairly large outboards. Inflatables are not easily rowed!
Anyway we caught the express coach in Nadi to Lautoka for the equivalent of about $2.70 NZ for a 40 minute comfortable ride. The only concern was the driver using one hand at times while chatting on his cell phone.
The immigration department in Lautoka soon had the paperwork sorted to take Denise off the crew list and to supply a letter for crewman Ted to authorise his arrival on a one way airline ticket later this month.
After a good lunch we spent about an hour in the large fruit, vegetable and fish market with the usual huge variety and bright colours. Added to all this is the smell of curry powders and spices on the Indian stalls.
Then back to Denerau to sit at a bar on the wharf as the boats come and go and the sun goes down. Not a bad day.
Since we will be pottering about locally until Denise goes on Wednesday and I have a few minor jobs to do about the boat later in the week I willl send out another blog in about a weeks time.
Don
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