Sept 14

Magic Bus Pacific Tour 2010
Steve Smith
Wed 15 Sep 2010 21:41
18:39.5S 173:58.9W
 
Arrived 0800 on 14th Sept having lost a day as we crossed the date line sometime yesterday.  Vava'u looks like a great cruising ground of many islands and anchorages to explore over the next week.  Weather has cleared with the odd shower passing over.  Friendly people, apart from tourist accomodation the housing is poor and run down.  Lots of black and brown wild pigs everwhere kept out of the gardens by heavy make shift fences of wire or corrigated iron.  Big day for the town today, 16th, a cruise ship is due in and all the market stalls are loaded with weaving, bone carvings, wood carvings etc.