Musket Cove Fiji
Moonshadow of London
Peter Mantle
Sat 19 Jul 2008 17:39
17:46.29S 177:11.59E
We chose the scenic route for our five day passage to Musket Cove. We navigated through the reefs & stopped overnight at a variety of anchorages including an old leper colony where the poorest of villagers live beside the remains of the hospital & the graveyard of over 5000 people. We anchored at Levuko which feels like a Wild West town & is the original capitol of Fiji where they seceded to the British in 1874 & also in another bay where we went ashore & saw the sugar cane fields & the single track steam railway that carries the cane to the processing factory. The scenery was magnificent, a little like Scotland with a chill in the air, so it was an amazing contrast to arrive here at Musket Cove, the perfect coral island resort.
We have had a lot of fun here with the Rally but it is tinged with sadness because the Rally is going on to Australia & "Moonshadow" stays here for three months before sailing to New Zealand. We loved having the friendship & support of everyone on the Blue Water Rally during our voyage across the Pacific.
We chose the scenic route for our five day passage to Musket Cove. We navigated through the reefs & stopped overnight at a variety of anchorages including an old leper colony where the poorest of villagers live beside the remains of the hospital & the graveyard of over 5000 people. We anchored at Levuko which feels like a Wild West town & is the original capitol of Fiji where they seceded to the British in 1874 & also in another bay where we went ashore & saw the sugar cane fields & the single track steam railway that carries the cane to the processing factory. The scenery was magnificent, a little like Scotland with a chill in the air, so it was an amazing contrast to arrive here at Musket Cove, the perfect coral island resort.
We have had a lot of fun here with the Rally but it is tinged with sadness because the Rally is going on to Australia & "Moonshadow" stays here for three months before sailing to New Zealand. We loved having the friendship & support of everyone on the Blue Water Rally during our voyage across the Pacific.
