Musket Cove, Malololailai
Jackamy
Paul & Derry Harper
Fri 23 Jul 2010 23:18
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17:46.294S 177:11.608E
Saturday 24th July
We arrived at Musket Cove Marina on
Tuesday afternoon after eye balling our way through the reefs as we've
discovered we can't rely on the chart plotter because on a few occasions the
boat hasn't been where it should be according to the picture on the screen. We
were pleasantly surpised when we arrived as it is a lot nicer than what we all
expected. We knew that there was a resort here but it is very luxurious! There
is an island bar around 200 yards away from the pontoon, there is a
beautiful beach 200 yards in the other direction and the resort swimming pool
and restaurant is a few minutes walk along the beach. It's like we're on holiday
from our big holiday!
 Reef spotting through the
islands
 
 Entering the
marina
 The island bar at the back of
our boat
We treated ourselves to a meal at the resort
on our first night and then Paul, Paul and Amy paid the bar a visit for a few
night caps. Amy had already made friends within about an hour of being here so
she ended up partying with them until the early hours, this trend then continued
for the next 3 days and nights!
 Having a meal..............Our
entertainment
The next day was activities day, Richard had
organised kayak racing. We were in pairs, one person was blindfolded and
paddled and the other directed. Paul and Margie actually won their race and
made it to the semi final but they didn't make it to the final. I was paired
with Jaime, he rowed the first time but was too exhausted so I had to row the
next race and we came a respectable second out of four.
  Paul and Margie came into
finish and were capsized by Pete
    Linda also had a
dunking
  First Jaime rowed then it was
my turn
 Relaxing
afterwards
This time the occasion was Charlotte who is
visiting Blue Magic's 26th birthday and the theme was 'Hula'. As usual
Paul got in the mood and dressed as a woman by wearing a bikini,
a grass skirt and the renowned purple wig. The island bar is
surrounded by huge BBQ's so you can either put your own food on or buy some from
them, it's brilliant. We had chicken, steaks, sausages, salad, potatoes and
garlic bread - yum! Another game of The Cardinal Puff was played and Sue from
Camomile finally became a member. She has been determined to be a
member ever since she found out about the game and as they leave the rally
here it was her last chance.
 
 
 Charlotte having 26
bumps..........Bill couldn't resist the wig
Paul and Linda left on Thursday so the
morning was spent gathering their stuff together ready for them to catch the
ferry over to the mainland at 12:15. It was an emotional goodbye, who knows what
I'll be like when it comes to saying bye to Amy tomorrow! The whole rally was
booked in to the resort on the evening for a delicious hog roast. Service was
slow but it's something we've had to get used to in Fiji, it's referred to as
'Fiji Time'.
 Bye bye Paul and
Linda
 We booked up to do a couple of dives
yesterday so we were up bright and early to meet the boat at the end of the
pontoon. The first dive wasn't very good! There wasn't all that much to see
apart from a pleasant swim through a huge coral pinnacle but to make things
worse there were about 4 dive groups down there at the same time as us so you
couldn't see anything but people, it was difficult to keep track as to who was
who. We then moved on to a different site but the boats started to follow us
over so we kicked up a fuss and they took us to a different site. We didn't see
all that much again but it was a very pleasant drift dive, at some points we
were flying along, it was good fun!
Then last night was a farewell party for the
boats who will be leaving the rally here. Again we had a BBQ at the island bar
before we participated in a quiz hosted by Camomile. The final quiz, it was
emotional!
Today I think we'll spend the day relaxing
and organising Amy's stuff ready for her to leave in the morning.
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