• Nothing Good Ever Happens at Night

    Thursday, October 20th – We leave Kia Island around noon to make an overnight passage outside the Great Sea Reef to Fiji’s Yasawa Islands.  Winds are light which ma [...]

    2011
  • A Classic Native Village

    Tuesday, October 18th – Today we are headed to Kia Island.  It has been highly recommended by several friends, but The Captain is not looking forward to the trip th [...]

    2011
  • Passage to India

    We have our first medical problem going on aboard Avante.  Neither of us can remember when it started exactly, but somewhere along the way, The Captain started suffering [...]

    2011
  • Avoiding Fiji’s Many Reefs

    Wednesday, October 5th – Leaving Savusavu, our route will first take us to the island of Taveuni known for its excellent diving sites and scenic waterfalls. To get there [...]

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  • More Bulas in Fiji

    SUMMER 2011 – Back in the USA – The repairs to our water-ruined Scottsdale house are almost complete when we return, but not quite.  End of July we are told.& [...]

    2011