Leaving Savusavu

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We didn’t want to leave Savusavu without doing at least a couple of dives. Unfortunately, heavy rains day after day had kept us out of the water around our normal haunts, and I wasn’t sure it’d be better anywhere else, but we decided to go out and try diving Natewa … Read More

More of Our Savusavu Life

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With Wanderer Financial I’m constantly scouring the internet for economic research and coming across interesting tidbits related to just about everything. This year I’ve been compiling those into a monthly Web Wanderings e-mail. If you’d like to have a look at this month’s, it’s out today. There is also a … Read More

Bubble Rings

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A few months ago we took a freediving course here in Savusavu to learn a few tips/techniques for going deeper. On our last day we were all hanging out in the water when the instructors dove down and tried to blow bubble rings. Neither one of them could get it. … Read More

The Savusavu Routine

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Cyclone season in a brand new marina is quiet. Only a couple of boats have people on them. We thought we’d be in a bigger hurry to leave, but it’s actually a pretty nice chill place to spend some time. We’re slowly getting things together, and will move on soon … Read More

MSP to PDX to SUV?

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A snapshot of the true boat life. A return to the States from the islands always means a bit of a boat-bits shopping spree. Even things like a Fiji flag are easier to get off of Amazon than they are in Fiji itself. Usually when we travel to the boat … Read More

Savusavu

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Here in Savusavu, Fiji, the marina we’re hunkering down at for cyclone season is working hard to finish their huge pool, but in the meantime we found a good pool of our own. Just a few minutes away on the dinghy, on the backside of the island, is a nice … Read More

Tonga to Fiji

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We’ve been in Tonga a few weeks, and enjoying our time here, but cyclone season is approaching and we sailors live with one eye on the weather forecast at all times. With a nice four day weather window approaching we decided it was probably a good idea to move along. … Read More