Leaving Levuka

Hello All,
We have been here for a week and have had a wonderful time with the people here. It is typical Fiji style welcoming any visitors into there homes and feeding you and showing you the way they live. We will visit 2 other Islands on our way up to Savu Savu. I will give you the positions so you can look at them on Google Earth. The first Island we will visit is Makogai Island 16 miles north of here. 17 26.87S 178 57.84E These Islands only have very small villages and only a few people live on them so it will be nice to get out of town and do some swimming and exploring. We will spend a few days there and then move on to Koro Island. 17 16.68S 179 23.93E . We will end up in Savu Savu by next weekend and figure out where to go from there.
This Islands were recommended by a cruising couple I met in Savu Savu last year. Eric and Emmy off of the sailboat "Nataraja", I also ran into them in New Zealand over the summer as they went there to cruise around for the tropical cyclone season. They have spent allot of time cruising Alaska and Eric lived there for years and had family in Soldotna. They are actually heading back to Alaska via Hawaii and I think they plan to have there boat in Homer this year, small world huh! I have been keeping in touch by email with them and they are in Tonga right now.
We have been anchored with only one other cruising boat here in Levuka. They are from Holland and have been cruising for 7 years now. We have chatted a little and they are very nice. They will be visiting the same Islands as us so I hope to visit with them more when we get out there.
Thats all for now so I will fill you in as we go North.



PEACE