The flight from LA to Nadi, Fiji arrives at 5:10am, and it was nearly 7am before we retrieved our bags and wrestled our way through Customs. The Customs folks ignored the fact that we are on a boat in transit and assessed us duty on $500 (their number) worth of boat bits. The only alternative would have been to get a Customs broker who would have charged us more than the duty. Welcome to Fiji.

It's hot here; October is spring in the Southern Hemisphere. By 10 am yesterday it was close to 100 and it didn't start cooling off until evening when it rained and the wind picked up. The refrigeration system is struggling to get the refrigerator and freezer back down to the right temperatures, as it was shut down while we were gone. Another day of projects and then we hope to slide out to Musket Cove and the Yasawa Islands to start our Fiji cruising. Our plan is to cruise here until mid-November and then have James and Amber sail Surprise to NZ where Davie will pull her out of the water and make her new again.

Photo is from our earlier trip to Musket Cove.