Castaway
06 October 2014 | Qalito Island (Mamanuca Group)
Wendy
I was really excited to stop off at the small Island of Monuriki which is where the Movie Castaway was filmed with Tom Hanks.I was even considering digging out one of my soccer balls and making a cheap copy of "Wilson" for our photo shoot, but as we approached the island, it started to rain (of course - Murphyis always at work). We had planned on anchoring, walking around to take some pictures and perhaps having lunch on shore, but Colin was concerned about the weather getting worse so he did a drive by so I could take a few pictures. Maybe we can come back in a week or so when the weather clears up a bit. It really isn't far from most of the resorts in the Mamanuca Group.
So we pushed on and passed Mana Island (another place I want to come back to as this is were the remains of the Survivor set are AND a geocache) to the small Island of Qalito and took shelter in its lee. After we were sure we had good holding we went ashore to the Castaway resort and scored both lunch and our first webcam geocache. Not quite the day I had hoped for, but a good one none the less.