Having exhausted the activities in Mele, we decided to sail north up towards Port Havannah. There were several possible anchorages along the way, but we decided to go all the way to the very north of the island and found beautiful, empty, anchorage off of the small town of Sunae. We anchored among many coral heads, but the holding was good and it was very protected from the wind. That afternoon we took the dinghy to a village just to the north, Siviri, so look for Valeva Cave, which we had read about in our guide book. We greeted by several small children who took us to a man that served as our guide to the cave. The cave was pretty but the best part was that there is fresh water in the back, which the village used for drinking water until very recently. They had discovered the cave when they saw a bat fly out if it, so they blasted the entrance and set up a well.

That evening, we didn't have much fresh food left on board, so were thinking of what we could scrounge up for dinner, when a man paddled over in his dugout canoe and offered us four small fish and some coconuts. His name was Bule and was from the village of Sunae. We thanked him and invited him on board for a Coke and snack. He told us that he would come back and take Chris to shore in the morning to meet the chief and get permission for us to visit the island of Mele, where Sunae is situated. A little hesitant about the small fish, we cleaned and fried them and had quite a good meal.