Pics from Vava'u
Ripple2
Mon 9 Oct 2006 04:49
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Here are some photos we have taken here in Vava'u -
  This is the main harbour of Vava'u - there are a
lot of boats here waiting for a weather window to head off to Fiji - they are
still waiting 10 days later..
   In the meantime there's always the Club. An
establishment with a quirky style and a dinghy dock - magnet for all sailors - a
bit of a cross between Ivan's and Foxy's 20 years ago. Some shots in town -
trying to capture the all-black clothing look and the fact that there is
electricity and backpackers here.
  Darren looking very festive whilst almost everyone
else is dressed in black - one of the sellers gave us the necklace and said
whoever wears it is the boss - so we took it in turns very
democratically.
  Finally we get out to the islands - and it was a
sunny/cloudy day, followed by a few really cloudy rainy days..
  Beautiful view from the traditional picnic - we
just needed a rake. There are 50 islands in this group - here are 5 of
them.
   Preparations for a traditional Tongan style feast -
open air kitchen and homestyle food. Favourite dish - corned beef in coconut
cream mmm.. oh, and the pork.
  The never-ending quest for shells goes on and the
collection is growing - good thing I threw all that stuff out at the beginning
of the trip, Bill, more room for shells!
  More beautiful view - that was the sunny day - and
the search goes on....
The day after these pictures were taken was Sunday.
It was heavy overcast with occasional rain. We had a lie-in and a lazy day, not
even getting off the boat. The wind was going to change direction and we were
already in a very protected place. To avoid any stress (we have had a bit lately
in fact) we stayed put.
A good thing as Monday was constant rain and very
poor visibility. The very low cloud and rain prevented the DC-3 aeroplane
I mentioned in an earlier blog from landing. I saw it fly over us very low (to
get under the cloud) toward the airstrip. A few minutes later it came past
again. It obviously hadn't landed. About 10 - 15 minutes past and it
came past again. It was very very low and I saw it getting higher not lower
as it neared the main island. And later I realised that it had not
gone past in the other direction when leaving as it usually does. I think the
pilot could not see the strip and went back to its original airport.
Tomorrow is predicted to be the
same.
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