https://sailingisnotscary.com/2020/06/11/peace-tranquility-and-a-hernia/https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/img_0429.jpgIMG_0429https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/img_0426.jpgIMG_0426https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/img_0425.jpgIMG_0425https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/img_0530.jpgIMG_0530https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/img_0529.jpgIMG_0529https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/img_0522.jpgIMG_0522https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/img_0510.jpgIMG_0510https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/img_0505.jpgIMG_0505https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/img_0504.jpgIMG_05042020-06-11T06:16:03+00:00monthlyhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/2018/10/17/moce-bye-fiji/https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/20180828_144026.jpg20180828_144026https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/20181014_104644.jpg20181014_104644And finally, Phil and Pete and the skipper! https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/20181013_102854.jpg20181013_102854Awesome experience in Suva: wwww.druaexperience.comhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/20181011_133857.jpg20181011_133857Vijay's cool cat.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/20181009_071159.jpg20181009_071159Resilience.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/20181006_113006.jpg20181006_113006Lami Bay, our amazing second home. Thanks Ali & Pete.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/20181002_082406.jpg20181002_082406And we found this little guy in the park. We called him Parker. He's not at the SPCA. https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/20181001_170303.jpg20181001_170303Dean taught Mylo to drive.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/20180929_162737.jpg20180929_162737Perfect 50th birthday food: Champagne, cheezles and peanut slabs (thanks Laura!)https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/20180929_140644.jpg20180929_140644Colo-i-suva lodge - my birthday treat.2018-10-17T02:21:50+00:00monthlyhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/2018/08/25/kindness-ovalau-island-fiji/https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/20180808_085746.jpg20180808_085746https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/20180728_170751.jpg20180728_170751https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/20180819_081640.jpg20180819_081640https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/wind-generator-162859.jpgWind generator-162859https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/fabric-113811.jpgFabric-113811https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ovalau-2-11.jpgOvalau 2 (11)https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ovalau-2-10.jpgOvalau 2 (10)https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ovalau-2-9.jpgOvalau 2 (9)https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ovalau-2-8.jpgOvalau 2 (8)https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ovalau-2-7.jpgOvalau 2 (7)2022-02-04T09:00:51+00:00monthlyhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/2018/07/31/friendship-climate-justice-and-10-curries/https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/20180731_152841.jpg20180731_152841Fiji's president in Levuka to welcome us. Not really. Here to open the PAFCO cool store.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/20180731_140045.jpg20180731_140045Levuka. Can't wait to get to know this place. https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/20180730_155817.jpg20180730_155817Our break for a few days.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/20180730_155138.jpg20180730_155138You can walk around the island at low tide.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/20180730_153857.jpg20180730_153857The root systems of coconut trees could probably take up an entire thesishttps://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/20180728_170818.jpg20180728_170818I got to wear my spotty sundress at the resort! Totally over dressed, but hey.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/20180728_141924.jpg20180728_141924Yep.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/20180723_151145.jpg20180723_151145New mural at the front of the Oceania Centre for Arts, Culture and Pacific Studies at USP, founded by Epeli Hau’ofa. If you ever want an understanding of the Pacific, read his essay "Our Sea of Islands"https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/20180723_124509.jpg20180723_124509A hangout place at USP.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/20180721_081448.jpg20180721_081448Dean very happy this his new water making system is working2018-08-06T03:13:17+00:00monthlyhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/2018/06/10/fairy-lights-in-suva/https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/20180610_180106.jpg20180610_180106https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/20180610_180127.jpg20180610_180127https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/june-28.jpgJune (28)Dean teaching sailing already!https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/june-27.jpgJune (27)Colo-I-Suva Forest Park. So lush and stunning. There's a underside of crime here which keeps it real though.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/june-26.jpgJune (26)First tropical breakfast. I've Googled Fijian recipies and am going to live on mango smoothies and coconut fish. Might even get Dean away from his ham, cheese and tomato sammies. Probably not.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/june-25.jpgJune (25)Suva Markets - pawpaw, lychee fury things, baby pineapple, skinny eggplants. Steve was wearing a sulu so it was almost more interesting to watch people find that funny than it was to find fruit and veges.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/june-24.jpgJune (24)I just love everything here.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/june-23.jpgJune (23)Just follow the yellow line and you'd find Customs. Sure.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/june-22.jpgJune (22)I love the Pacific.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/june-21.jpgJune (21)Ah huh.2018-06-14T02:46:47+00:00monthlyhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/2018/05/27/e-noho-ra-aotearoa/2018-05-30T08:01:49+00:00monthlyhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/2018/05/25/things-outside-your-comfort-zone/https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/leaf-1070861.jpgleaf-1070861https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/p1070995.jpgP1070995https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/20180514_140500.jpg20180514_140500One of my favourite places - Mansion House Bay on Kawau Island. My Gran and Granpa used to take my sister and I here whenever we stayed with them at Snells Beach. I had no idea about the damage that colonisation did to Maori (and is still doing) when I was a little girl, visting this place. That's okay. I'm making up for lost time now!https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/20180513_124144.jpg20180513_124144First time on Rangitoto Island! Hardly any Maori history/stories to be seen in any tourist information. Really DOC?https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/20180504_164956.jpg20180504_164956It tasted yummy, but it's very sad that we caught this mahimahi off the coast of 90-mile beach. Because of warmer waters (partly from human-induced human climate change) the kinds of creatures coming to our waters is changing. We met a diver in Pahia yesterday who recently saw a turtle in the Bay of Islands. Yes, very cute, but that turtle will soon die as the sea temperature get colder for winter. https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/20180420_162843.jpg20180420_162843Number 384230239878 of the clever things Dean has done to get our boat read. This is the anchor remote thingy.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/20180415_161535.jpg20180415_161535https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/p1070999.jpgP1070999Auckland harbour. Boaties midnight is 9pm so we're often up to see the day arrive.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/rescue-sled-opua-photo-janie-walker-30.jpgRescue Sled Opua PHOTO JANIE WALKER (30)That's Dean in the sled. He volunteered to be rescued in the Sea Rescue Sled demonstration at the Island Cruising New Zealand display in Opua. These lifesaving sled's are made by our clever and lovely friend Lloyd Valentine. www.searescuesled.comhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/sailing-210701.jpgsailing-210701Nightshift...very, very spooky2018-05-27T20:11:15+00:00monthlyhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/2018/05/01/goodbye-peter/2018-05-07T19:12:59+00:00monthlyhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/2018/05/01/byeeeeeeeee/https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/tasman-bay-31.jpgTasman Bay-312018-05-07T05:32:49+00:00monthlyhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/2018/04/28/my-to-do-list-keeps-growing/https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/before-leaving-fiji-8630.jpgbefore leaving Fiji-8630https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/before-leaving-fiji-8629.jpgbefore leaving Fiji-86292018-04-29T00:13:17+00:00monthlyhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/2018/03/07/omg-fiji-here-we-come/https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/loo-unblocking-1.jpgloo unblocking-12018-03-26T07:13:03+00:00monthlyhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/2017/06/20/one-foot-in-a-resort-and-the-other-on-the-ground/https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/close-up-award-1070044.jpgclose up award-1070044https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/blog.jpgblog2017-07-03T01:26:51+00:00monthlyhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/2017/01/28/goodbye-pebble-rebel/https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_1084.jpgimg_10842018-03-12T04:21:17+00:00monthlyhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/2016/09/18/scooters-roosters-and-dragons-sailing-indonesia/https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/image.jpegimage2016-09-18T19:39:13+00:00monthlyhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/2016/05/13/the-one-that-got-left-behind/2016-07-03T19:58:40+00:00monthlyhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/2016/01/22/things-id-never-go-sailing-without/https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/holiday-2.jpgholiday 2https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/wp_000179.jpgWP_0001792016-01-25T18:02:21+00:00monthlyhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/gallery/https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fiji-western-33.jpgFiji Western-33https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fiji-western-1.jpgFiji Western-1Western Fiji, on the way to the Yasawas. It wasn't always this calm!https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/bay-of-islands.jpgBay of IslandsThe Bay of Island, Northern Lau group, Fiji. Our first stop. Unbelievable.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_1086.jpgIMG_1086Oh god - Pebbles being lifted out so we could clean its bottomhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9870.jpgIMG_9870And discovering the simple thingshttps://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2014-05-31-10-04-58.jpg2014-05-31 10 04 58And finding another boat who gives you fresh herbs from their gardenhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_0053.jpgIMG_0053The best thing about sailing is finding land, waking early and taking photos when everyone else is still asleep.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_0078.jpgIMG_0078Cocktail hour. Thank got for Triple Sec and SodaStreamhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_0079.jpgIMG_0079Cocktail hour. Thank got for Triple Sec and SodaStreamhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/wp_000682.jpgWP_000682Dean about to go and unblock our toilet2015-11-27T04:51:52+00:00weekly0.6https://sailingisnotscary.com/about/https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/in-love-with-nature.jpgIn Love With Naturehttps://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/wp_000794-low-res.jpgWP_000794 low resI may look like I know what I'm doing, but I'm faking ithttps://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/me-wedding-feb-2015-2558.jpgMe wedding Feb 2015-2558I'm a wedding photographer and tend to do anything to get the shot!2015-11-27T04:45:57+00:00weekly0.6https://sailingisnotscary.com/gps-tracking/2015-11-27T03:57:19+00:00weekly0.6https://sailingisnotscary.com/2015/11/17/were-home-and-my-love-affair-with-the-sea/https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_23131.jpgIMG_2313I've done my share of 360 turns at night. Our auto-pilot turns off at random and unless you know the compass heading straight away, it can take ages to get the boat back in the right direction - until I started to write the heading above the chart plotter. So proud of myself for coming up with something practical (other than righty-tighty, lefty-loosey!)https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_2329.jpgIMG_2329Back home, walking Zena in Pauatahanui Inlet. Long may this last.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/nz-8.jpgNZ-8https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/nz-1-2.jpgNZ-1-2And bloody cold.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/nz-1.jpgNZ-1Our first sight of NZ. Very emotional. And cold.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/nz-11.jpgNZ-11A very big snapper and an even bigger red thing that we didn't eat.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/nz-9.jpgNZ-9My lovely Dad joined us for a very special weekend.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/nz-7.jpgNZ-7Summer Bay, Urupukapuka Island - as beautiful as anywhere in the Pacific.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/nz-5.jpgNZ-5https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_8011.jpgIMG_80112016-01-22T01:07:45+00:00monthlyhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/2015/10/19/our-last-blog-from-the-south-pacific-really/https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/nc-1-4.jpgNC-1-4Bacon and eggs, French style...haricot beans with loads of garlic, cream in the scrambled eggs, and sausages with thyme onions. We have no idea how much this cost - we can't read the menu or understand the answer when we ask anyway. https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/nc-2-2.jpgNC-2-2Watching the All Blacks quarter-final against France, in a French pub. The French people there went from raucous to very, very quiet.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/nc-9.jpgNC-9Now trick now will be to keep a sense of adventure and exploring when we get home. A new walk with doggie, learn a new language, say hello to more people, be nicer. Surely you can't go through something like that and go back to the same thing?https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/nc-11.jpgNC-11Two of the gorgeous adventure family girls. We've seen them grow up over the past six months We'll miss them.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/nc-10.jpgNC-10Every rock, plant, shell, view, swim and day has been so different.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/nc-3.jpgNC-3I can't find the photo of Dean standing with his finger up the pirate's nose.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/nc-4.jpgNC-4We found a huge shipwreck. I then touched a cute bunch of catus' and got many little prickles in my fingers. Dean had to operate.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/nc-2.jpgNC-2Bay Maa just north of Noumea. It's a gated community, kind of like a French beachside ghetto. Some German jumped ship a hundred years ago, swam to shore and started a new life. His descendants have their holiday homes there. They're quite cute, kind of like pretty French ghetto shacks.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/nc-4-2.jpgNC-4-2Car park sign in one of the supermarkets in Noumea. We wanted to color one of them in pink and one black. https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/nc-1-3.jpgNC-1-3Our lovely new friends, Hamish and Steve who live in New Caledonia. Thanks to Rose for putting us in touch with eachother. They came on Pebbles for the weekend and we loved them. Especially their black lab/collie Jack! We wuv you Jack, big snuggles, smooches and ear rubs to you. Your black hair will forever be on Pebbles!2015-10-21T23:37:25+00:00monthlyhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/2015/10/19/just-to-prove-im-a-hardy-sailor/https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/blog1.jpgBloghttps://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/nc-1-2.jpgNC-1-22015-10-20T22:12:31+00:00monthlyhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/2015/10/08/new-caledonia-in-october-glitter-cardy-cold-celiac-sharks/https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/isle-de-pines-1.jpgIsle de Pines-1https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/new-cal-23.jpgNew Cal-23https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/new-cal-28.jpgNew Cal-28Adventurers.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/new-cal-26.jpgNew Cal-26A favourite morning thing...feeding baby sharks. They cling to the bottom of your boat and come out when we throw bread in. I've stopped doing this now because we're leaving a trail of celiac sharks.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/new-cal-25.jpgNew Cal-25The confession booth is a broom cupboard.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/new-cal-24.jpgNew Cal-24One good thing about the French being here. They build nice things.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/new-cal-27.jpgNew Cal-27Joined by Wellington friends, Caroline and Stephen - great cruising guests because they did all the dishes.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/new-cal-20.jpgNew Cal-20The local markets included a selection of French pastries and things...Dean chose one of each. Best breakfast we've ever had.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/new-cal-18.jpgNew Cal-18Complete with old jail, where "the massive exile on Isle of Pines of simple offenders answered two major idea - bame those who tried to overtake the French Government power..." https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/new-cal-17.jpgNew Cal-17Then it was off to Isle de Pines in the south. Picture perfect. 2015-10-15T20:38:56+00:00monthlyhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/2015/09/27/noumea-nickel-mining-protests-and-fresh-food/https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/noumea-1.jpgNoumea-1https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_71441.jpgIMG_7144https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_7145.jpgIMG_7145https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_7144.jpgIMG_71442015-10-05T08:34:13+00:00monthlyhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/2015/09/24/new-caledonia-feral-haircuts-a-topsy-turvy-culture/https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/nc-grand-terre-surrounds-1-2.jpgNC Grand Terre & surrounds-1-2Up close with the savaging of this land, on Isle Quen just south of Prony. There's meant to be replanting going on but we never saw it, anywhere.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/nc-grand-terre-surrounds-11.jpgNC Grand Terre & surrounds-11It's still a dream, isn't it?https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/nc-grand-terre-surrounds-10.jpgNC Grand Terre & surrounds-10Our adventure friends, Peter and Kim, in our dinghy going around Isle Nemou in Port Bouquet. https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/nc-grand-terre-surrounds-9.jpgNC Grand Terre & surrounds-9Fish count: 2! This tizzard will feed us fr 10 meals, thank you kindly. We were desperate and protein deficient. Dean resorted to buying disgusting looking frozen sausages and meat pattie things from a little shop. Probably dog.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/nc-grand-terre-surrounds-8.jpgNC Grand Terre & surrounds-8Isle Kinde, just out from Port Bouquet. Oh wow. We spent the morning here. A group of birds wouldn't let us walk on the Western side - they must of been nesting. This was their home. We snorkelled and lay in the sun, feeling rather perfect.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/nc-grand-terre-surrounds-6.jpgNC Grand Terre & surrounds-6We went up a river to find a town. We found lots of locals who didn't speak English but loved our translator on our mobile phone. I told them we loved them and that they were special. Couldn't find 'where is the supermarket'.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/nc-grand-terre-surrounds-3.jpgNC Grand Terre & surrounds-3Dean wanted to take this home for Laura or Cameron, but decided not to after discussions about shell ghosts and customs clearance.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/nc-grand-terre-surrounds-5.jpgNC Grand Terre & surrounds-5Dean doing something practical. Me doing something not practical.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/nc-grand-terre-surrounds-4.jpgNC Grand Terre & surrounds-4https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/nc-grand-terre-surrounds-2.jpgNC Grand Terre & surrounds-2A little inlet on the right from Baie Laugier, our first stop on the East Coast. It reminded us the Marlborough Sounds.2015-09-27T20:03:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/2015/09/14/sailing-new-caledonia-it-took-four-countries-to-de-stress/https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/nc-loyalties-26.jpgNC Loyalties-26https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/nc-loyalties-31.jpgNC Loyalties-31https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/nc-loyalties-30.jpgNC Loyalties-30https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/nc-loyalties-28.jpgNC Loyalties-28https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/nc-loyalties-10.jpgNC Loyalties-10https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/nc-loyalties-12.jpgNC Loyalties-12https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/nc-loyalties-7.jpgNC Loyalties-7https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/nc-loyalties-18.jpgNC Loyalties-18https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/nc-loyalties-24.jpgNC Loyalties-24https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/nc-loyalties-22.jpgNC Loyalties-222015-09-16T19:24:56+00:00monthlyhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/2015/09/14/tanna-island-more-than-one-volcanic-eruption/https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/vanuatu-tanna-1-2.jpgVanuatu Tanna-1-2https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/vanuatu-121.jpgVanuatu-12https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/vanuatu-10.jpgVanuatu-10https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/vanuatu-tanna-1.jpgVanuatu Tanna-1https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_6481.jpgIMG_6481https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/vanuatu-6.jpgVanuatu-6https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/vanuatu-11.jpgVanuatu-11https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/vanuatu-5.jpgVanuatu-5https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/vanuatu-8.jpgVanuatu-8https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/vanuatu-7.jpgVanuatu-72015-09-15T05:17:22+00:00monthlyhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/2015/09/02/a-waterfall-on-anatom-island-vanuatu-and-walking-the-devastation-of-cyclone-pam/https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/vanuatu-42.jpgVanuatu-42https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/vanuatu-45.jpgVanuatu-45https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/vanuatu-38.jpgVanuatu-38https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/vanuatu-50.jpgVanuatu-50https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/vanuatu-49.jpgVanuatu-49https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/vanuatu-48.jpgVanuatu-48https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/vanuatu-51.jpgVanuatu-51https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/vanuatu-23.jpgVanuatu-23https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/vanuatu-26.jpgVanuatu-26https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/vanuatu-13.jpgVanuatu-132015-09-04T00:37:09+00:00monthlyhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/2015/09/02/how-to-survive-a-cyclone/https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/vanuatu-55-small.jpgVanuatu-55 smallhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/vanuatu-12.jpgVanuatu-122015-09-14T07:00:30+00:00monthlyhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/2015/08/19/first-glimpse-of-vanuatu-and-the-cat-on-mystery-island/2015-08-19T05:16:05+00:00monthlyhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/2015/08/02/the-things-were-surprised-at-and-how-to-finish-a-cup-of-tea/https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/fiji-landscapes-8.jpgFiji landscapes-8Dean's getting sick of me taking photos of him. I'm sick of taking selfies of myself.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/fiji-landscapes-7.jpgFiji landscapes-7Don't know what I was trying to do here.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/fiji-landscapes-6.jpgFiji landscapes-6https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/fiji-landscapes-5.jpgFiji landscapes-5https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/fiji-landscapes-4.jpgFiji landscapes-4https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/fiji-landscapes-3.jpgFiji landscapes-3Toys at Robinson Crusoe Resort, Fiji. A very down to earth, yachty-friendly place with an incredible fire dance. Food is the normal bland. Worst bacon and eggs I've ever paid for.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/fiji-landscapes-2.jpgFiji landscapes-2https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/fiji-landscapes-1.jpgFiji landscapes-1Dean pulling up our anchor at Momi Bay, just round the corner from Nadi. He's very good an anchoring. Some cruisers are not. Some cruisers take half an hour and they still put 50 metres of chain out, over our anchor, then scream at us when they go to leave the next morning and can't up anchor. They are French.2015-08-03T00:54:06+00:00monthlyhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/2015/07/29/how-we-miss-you-and-how-you-are-here/https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/fiji-landscapes-9.jpgFiji landscapes-9https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/fiji-landscapes-7.jpgFiji landscapes-7https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/fiji-landscapes-5.jpgFiji landscapes-5https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/fiji-landscapes-2.jpgFiji landscapes-2https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/fiji-landscapes-4.jpgFiji landscapes-4https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/fiji-landscapes-1.jpgFiji landscapes-1https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/fiji-landscapes-10.jpgFiji landscapes-102015-07-31T10:15:06+00:00monthlyhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/2015/07/25/island-hopping-in-the-yasawas-and-questioning-paradise/https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/fiji-western-34.jpgFiji Western-34The same local said women cannot catch fish. Meet Mary. She's a woman. And she catches plenty of fish. Sometimes more than the met. Mary is single (unusual) and is a teacher so she works in different villages. She's the only Fijian I've met who wears sunscreen.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/fiji-western-41.jpgFiji Western-41Something gorgeous to finish with.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/fiji-western-31.jpgFiji Western-31We're getting sick of happy selfies.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/fiji-western-13.jpgFiji Western-13Coffee and cake.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/fiji-central-191.jpgFiji Central-19https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/fiji-western-26.jpgFiji Western-26The kids are very sunny.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/fiji-western-40.jpgFiji Western-40Rubbish, grot, mess or chaos is always round he corner. I love it that to get to Octopus Resort you have to pass through the village cemetery and pigs.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/fiji-western-42.jpgFiji Western-42In paradise I'm very, very tall.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/fiji-western-39.jpgFiji Western-39Took ages for this pussy cat to come to me. Then it kept whacking my ankles when I tried to leave. It never purred.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/fiji-western-37.jpgFiji Western-37We stayed at Vuda Point Marina, Veti Levu and caught the bus to Lautoka. It's a bigger Lambasa.2015-07-27T16:24:25+00:00monthlyhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/2015/07/25/grotty-yachties-and-looking-for-brooke-shields/2015-07-26T07:57:32+00:00monthlyhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/2015/03/05/follow-me-as-i-sail-from-new-zealand-to-the-pacific-islands/https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_0004.jpgIMG_00042015-07-13T20:31:43+00:00monthlyhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/2015/03/13/what-a-boat-looks-like-when-preparing-for-offshore/2015-07-13T20:31:30+00:00monthlyhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/2015/04/02/we-did-it-now-how-to-brush-your-teeth-in-a-storm/https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_4170.jpgIMG_4170https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_1351.jpgIMG_13512015-07-13T20:31:20+00:00monthlyhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/2015/04/16/zena-the-duck-how-rehoming-your-dog-is-hard/https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/zena.jpgzenahttps://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_1773.jpgIMG_1773https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_1774.jpgIMG_1774Zena the duck wanting cuddles. Food, probably, but 2015-07-13T20:30:59+00:00monthlyhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/2015/04/07/seeing-auckland-the-best-sight-ever/https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_1657.jpgIMG_1657https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_1606.jpgIMG_1606https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_1384.jpgIMG_1384https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_1377.jpgIMG_1377https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/fullsizerender.jpgFullSizeRenderhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/p1000099.jpgP1000099https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/p1000092.jpgP1000092https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/p1000071.jpgP1000071https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/p1000054.jpgP1000054https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/p1000052.jpgP10000522015-07-13T20:30:43+00:00monthlyhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/2015/05/15/sailing-from-new-zealand-to-tonga-when-all-is-forgiven/https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/tonga-1-of-47.jpgTonga (1 of 47)https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/opua-to-tonga-37-of-37.jpgOpua to Tonga (37 of 37)https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/opua-to-tonga-28-of-37.jpgOpua to Tonga (28 of 37)https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/opua-to-tonga-26-of-37.jpgOpua to Tonga (26 of 37)https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/opua-to-tonga-27-of-37.jpgOpua to Tonga (27 of 37)https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/opua-to-tonga-22-of-37.jpgOpua to Tonga (22 of 37)https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/opua-to-tonga-23-of-37.jpgOpua to Tonga (23 of 37)https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/opua-to-tonga-17-of-37.jpgOpua to Tonga (17 of 37)https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/opua-to-tonga-12-of-37.jpgOpua to Tonga (12 of 37)https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/opua-to-tonga-6-of-37.jpgOpua to Tonga (6 of 37)2015-07-13T20:30:04+00:00monthlyhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/2015/04/23/sailing-from-auckland-to-opua-and-the-secret-paths-to-north-island-robins/https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/p1000209.jpgP1000209Tiritiri Matangihttps://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/p1000238.jpgP1000238Tiritiri Matangi - the walk along the top is the like walk along Mana Islandhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/auckland-to-opua-21-of-23.jpgAuckland to Opua (21 of 23)Nice, peaceful sailing!https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/p1000288.jpgP1000288Sailing into Paihiahttps://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/p1000272.jpgP1000272https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/auckland-to-opua-18-of-23.jpgAuckland to Opua (18 of 23)Redwood track on Kawau Island https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/auckland-to-opua-9-of-23.jpgAuckland to Opua (9 of 23)https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/auckland-to-opua-8-of-23.jpgAuckland to Opua (8 of 23)https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/auckland-to-opua-7-of-23.jpgAuckland to Opua (7 of 23)https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/auckland-to-opua-3-of-23.jpgAuckland to Opua (3 of 23)I'm not very practical but I did manage to attach the washing line to the safety line2015-07-13T20:29:35+00:00monthlyhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/2015/05/01/leaving-new-zealand-and-getting-closer-to-the-postcard/https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/leaving-opua-5-of-5.jpgLeaving Opua (5 of 5)https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/leaving-opua-4-of-5.jpgLeaving Opua (4 of 5)https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/leaving-opua-1-of-5.jpgLeaving Opua (1 of 5)Opua Marina. They're quite strict here - not as lovely as Mana!https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/leaving-opua-2-of-5.jpgLeaving Opua (2 of 5)2015-07-13T20:28:51+00:00monthlyhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/2015/05/16/tonga-our-tropical-paradise-and-how-to-drink-fresh-coconut-water/https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/tonga-27-of-47.jpgTonga (27 of 47)https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/tonga-35-of-47.jpgTonga (35 of 47)https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/tonga-32-of-47.jpgTonga (32 of 47)https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/tonga-47-of-47.jpgTonga (47 of 47)https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/tonga-30-of-47.jpgTonga (30 of 47)2015-07-13T20:27:32+00:00monthlyhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/2015/05/25/haapi-islands-in-tonga-and-nearly-a-ghost-story/https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/tonga-27-of-31.jpgTonga (27 of 31)https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/tonga-12-of-31.jpgTonga (12 of 31)https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/tonga-20-of-47.jpgTonga (20 of 47)https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/tonga-15-of-20.jpgTonga (15 of 20)https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/tonga-9-of-20.jpgTonga (9 of 20)https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/tonga-24-of-47.jpgTonga (24 of 47)https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/tonga-18-of-20.jpgTonga (18 of 20)https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/tonga-17-of-20.jpgTonga (17 of 20)My first ever banana cake making, thanks to Edmonds Cookery Book. Here you buy huge bunches of bananas and they all ripen at the same time. We've been freezing them too. Yum.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/tonga-1-of-1.jpgTonga (1 of 1)https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/tonga-16-of-31.jpgTonga (16 of 31)Pangai was hit by a cyclone 18 months ago. Many of the houses haven't been rebuilt and there's not a lot of food crops being grown. There's evidence of international Aid but not of progress. 2015-07-13T20:27:17+00:00monthlyhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/2015/06/27/arriving-in-fiji-and-an-epiphany-about-adventure/https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_5293.jpgIMG_5293A benefit of getting lost - coming across one ripe pawpaw in a bunch, about to fall.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_5284.jpgIMG_5284This fabulous woman is the health officer plus new building inspector. So she was there when we checked into Fiji, then we saw her here, making sure a new preschool was built to the right standards.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/fiji-lau-2-of-30.jpgFiji Lau (2 of 30)Postcard colors.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/fiji-49-of-103.jpgFiji (49 of 103)Zena!https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/fiji-28-of-103.jpgFiji (28 of 103)Dean is always spying on other boats.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/fiji-21-of-103.jpgFiji (21 of 103)Bumpy bus ride took us to Bouma National Heritage Park to see waterfalls. Four villages got together and created this stunning park. As we walked out there were two women raking leaves off the path.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/fiji-16-of-103.jpgFiji (16 of 103)Somosomo, Tavenui (just before we went on a bumpy local bus ride)https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/fiji-8-of-103.jpgFiji (8 of 103)Pretty much beautiful stuff at every turn.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/fiji-5-of-103.jpgFiji (5 of 103)https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/cava-dean.jpgCava DeanOur first sevusevu ceremony and first bowl of cava. It tastes disgusting. My lips went numb. Dean had two.2015-07-16T10:06:58+00:00monthlyhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/2015/06/27/last-day-in-tonga-and-going-to-church/https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/fiji-36-of-103.jpgFiji (36 of 103)https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/fiji-45-of-103.jpgFiji (45 of 103)Vege markets at Neiafu. Best passionfruit I've ever had. When I get back to the boat with fresh food I rinse in salt water to get bugs off, then in fresh water to get unhelpful bacteria off. Apparently one year all the boats shared the same salad and all got giardia.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/fiji-39-of-103.jpgFiji (39 of 103)Still can't find a good reason why most people treat their dogs so appallingly. There's a volunteer vet here who goes around desexing, worming and defleaing dogs, but her work is like one flea in a haystack.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/fiji-37-of-103.jpgFiji (37 of 103)Dean had his first taste of Tongan white bread here. It was the fluffiest bread he'd ever eaten. https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/fiji-35-of-103.jpgFiji (35 of 103)Cool colors.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/fiji-40-of-103.jpgFiji (40 of 103)This lovely young woman in the duty free alcohol shop thinks Tongan boys are cheeky and drunk. She wants to meet a nice Maori boy from New Zealand. I asked her if us Palangi look silly walking around town in our clothes, cameras and caps. She giggled and said, "Yes".https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/fiji-30-of-103.jpgFiji (30 of 103)https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/fiji-32-of-103.jpgFiji (32 of 103)Down the road from the church is a monastery. It looked kind of run down. I wanted to go in and be nosy but then I would of been late for church!https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/fiji-33-of-103.jpgFiji (33 of 103)2015-07-13T20:26:41+00:00monthlyhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/2015/06/30/sea-mercy-and-who-you-meet-at-posh-resorts/https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/tavenui-blog-photos-4.jpgTavenui blog photos-4Road kill. Fiji style.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/tavenui-blog-photos-2.jpgTavenui blog photos-2It's 'winter' here. Something beautiful.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/tavenui-blog-photos-3.jpgTavenui blog photos-3These are no ordinary coconuts. The coconut oil from these coconuts is exported to little olde Kapiti where our friend Corrin makes her SMOOCH body products. https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/tavenui-blog-photos-1.jpgTavenui blog photos-1The local primary school had slogans like this along their fence. It was Drugs, Child Abuse, Violence Against Girls & Women and HIV/Aids Awareness Week !!!!https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/tavenui-blog-photos-7.jpgTavenui blog photos-7We also met two amazing, lovely photographers at the resort. Octavia (not pictured) goes around the world with her photography project 'Letting Go'. In this photo, the other photographer, Kent is showing Richard and his son how to do long exposure photographyhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/tavenui-blog-photos-5.jpgTavenui blog photos-5This is the dinghy off one of Sea Mercy's fleet - Dragonfly. The skipper and his partner used to charter their boat in the Caribbean then gave that up to join Sea Mercy. This dinghy is powered by a bicycle! Actually, the motor was going too.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/resort-sea-mercy-blog-1-of-1.jpgResort sea mercy blog (1 of 1)https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/p1000988.jpgP10009882015-07-13T20:26:24+00:00monthlyhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/2015/07/12/savusavu-and-how-ugly-is-interesting/https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/fiji-central-11.jpgFiji Central-11https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/fiji-central-16-2.jpgFiji Central-16-2Back in Savusave. Fuel fixed, we hope, and setting sail for the 'real' Fiji (palm trees and white sandy beaches). We love the other 'real' Fiji.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/fiji-central-14-2.jpgFiji Central-14-2Color in ugly.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/fiji-central-7-2.jpgFiji Central-7-2Lots of bubby Zenas! We saw a few people walking round town with these boxes. They weren't being very gentle.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/fiji-central-9-2.jpgFiji Central-9-2This just looks wrong.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/fiji-central-8-21.jpgFiji Central-8-2Labasa markets, right by the bus stop where the bus drivers scraggle to get to the front of the line. Eggplant, lots of cabbage, cassava, bok choy, beans, chillies and heaps of bananas.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/fiji-central-12-2.jpgFiji Central-12-2We found this temple in the backstreets of Labasa. The priests were very friendly and showed us around. We made a donation. Made a gorgeous change from ugly.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/fiji-central-13-2.jpgFiji Central-13-2According to the tourist brochures, the 'real' Fiji must include a palm tree and a white sandy beach.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/fiji-central-11-2.jpgFiji Central-11-2An ugly town but so very interesting. Dean's looking for a shop that sells a 12 volt charger thingie; I'm looking for an Indian spice shop with Bollywood music blaring out. I found a packet of curry spice in the supermarket..https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/fiji-central-8-2.jpgFiji Central-8-2Markets at Lambasa. I was taking a sneaky shot here, not asking permission to take the photo. I didn't know the woman was smiling. Guilt.2015-07-13T20:26:12+00:00monthlyhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/2015/07/13/sawailau-yasawas-and-having-a-picnic-next-to-a-rubbish-tip/https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/fiji-central-231.jpgFiji Central-23Steaming Arabian knickers.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/tip.jpgtipTip and graveyard (and picnic spot) near Tamusua Village, on Yasawa Island. Right next to the plastic bottles, breakfast crackers wrappers, blue string, fishing reel, yellow plastic lid, Coke bottle, red plastic ring, half a jandal, CD, corner of a polystyrene and scraggy half a green plastic bowl.https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/fiji-central-24.jpgFiji Central-24https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/fiji-central-23.jpgFiji Central-232015-07-13T20:26:04+00:00monthlyhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/published-stories/https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/boat-people-tropic-fruit-and-palagi-guilt.jpgBoat People Tropic Fruit and Palagi Guilthttps://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/the-adventure-in-slumming-it.jpgThe Adventure in Slumming Ithttps://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dave-armstrong-2.jpgDave Armstrong 2https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dave-armstrong-1.jpgDave Armstrong 1https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/man-bank.jpgMan Bankhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/setting-sail-january-2015.jpgSetting Sail January 20152015-07-12T21:57:23+00:00weekly0.6https://sailingisnotscary.com/contact/2015-04-28T00:46:24+00:00weekly0.6https://sailingisnotscary.com/2015/04/14/offshore-medic-course-learning-to-sew-dean-up/https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/auckland-4-of-12.jpgAuckland (4 of 12)https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/auckland-10-of-12.jpgAuckland (10 of 12)Afterwards!https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/auckland-9-of-12.jpgAuckland (9 of 12)My messy stitch on the left, Dean's perfect stich on the lefthttps://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/auckland-5-of-12.jpgAuckland (5 of 12)The pigs trotter stunk a bithttps://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/auckland-6-of-12.jpgAuckland (6 of 12)Dean learning to sew stitches on a pigs trotter (close to human skin.)https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/auckland-2-of-12.jpgAuckland (2 of 12)Me checking my own tongue for sicknesshttps://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/auckland-1-of-12.jpgAuckland (1 of 12)Rambo Medic showing us how to insert catheter. Only to be done under medical advice!2015-04-22T09:25:05+00:00monthlyhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/videos/2015-04-08T21:55:18+00:00weekly0.6https://sailingisnotscary.com/our-boat/https://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sailors.jpgsailorshttps://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_1078.jpgIMG_1078Oh god - Pebbles being lifted out so we could clean its bottomhttps://sailingisnotscary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/cropped-img_0041.jpgcropped-img_0041.jpg2016-04-04T22:07:34+00:00weekly0.6https://sailingisnotscary.comdaily1.02022-02-04T09:00:51+00:00