Ahhhh... Spring
14 November 2009 | Vuda Point, Fiji
Jean Baptiste
Ahhhh... Spring
It's Springtime in the tropics! The birds are singing their little lungs out as they look for convenient nesting places - where better than under cruisers sail and BBQ covers, or inside ventilators, masts and booms. Everywhere you look is a profusion of flowers and fruit ripening on the tree, bending the branches to within easy reach. The mangos are almost ready to pick. I can't wait. Why anyone would waste time on an apple when you can have mango juice dripping off your chin beats me.
The weather seems to be more settled than 'winter' IE: June through October; although it is getting warmer by the day - sometimes into the high eighties. The nights are still cool enough (75) for good sleeping except the cloudy days when the humidity becomes a bit much. Still, it beats Seattle winter weather! I'll be sure to do a Thanksgiving blog and lots of pics with turkey and trimmings under the palms... shiver yer timbers, lubbers.
Several of the few cruisers remaining in Fiji, the bulk of the fleet having sailed for New Zealand or Oz, are venturing to Likuri Island (Robinson Crusoe Island) for Thanksgiving dinner. Wayne, the resort owner found three turkeys and is preparing our traditional feast for us. He's Aussie. I think this is the only resort in the world where the owner sits down to dinner with the guests! In all, we'll be there for three days.
I'll be making a few more entries from Fiji, then take it up again from New Zealand. Enjoy the gallery pics.