Savusavu Fiji
Since departing Florida earlier this year we have been dodging bad weather. Officially there was a 50/50 chance of an El Nino in the Pacific Ocean and when we arrived in the Pacific, there was in fact, El Nino. Click this very informative link from NOAA to learn about El Nino or… just watch the Saturday Night Live Video:
Even though NOAA had officially stated that El Nino is over, the weather has been very unsettled and therefore we have shifted from water to land based activities.
NOAA says El Nino is over for 2019
We had a decent sail from Tonga to Savusavu Fiji. We arrived, checked in at Copra Shed Marina Link to Copra Shed Marina and toured around Vanua Levu for a few days. The mooring area in Savusavu is well protected, the people and town are nice and most things are very inexpensive.
Dea Latis, Savusavu:
Surf and Turf Restaurant, the owners are really nice, they have a dinghy dock and the burgers were great:
We walked to the hot springs:
Link to Savusavu and the hot springs
…we were only too happy to comply with this sign:
Very hot:
Got an awesome haircut for $2.50 USD:
We rented a car and drove across Vanua Levu with SY Quo Vadis. We stopped at the Waisali Rainforest, it was fantastic:
Back in the car, on to the city of Labasa:
When we arrived in Labasa most of the roads were blocked and there was something big happening, Miss Fiji was there:
We had a wonderful lunch, checked out the town, bought a few things and headed back enjoying the scenery on the way. Main street downtown Labasa:
Driving back, rainbow in the distance off to the left, it was pretty vivid in person:
Up at a higher elevation we came across another rainbow that seemed close enough to touch, it was amazing:
