After over a month of fun, the time sadly arrived for us to disembark our friend Steve and return him to his beautiful and talented wife, Margo.
We rented a car the afternoon before Steve’s departure and set out for a tour of Vanua Levu. While straying from our intended destination (i.e. getting lost) I found my first piece of Fijian graffiti about a 1/2 an hour after the paved road ended.
Luckily, we did not get lost the next day when we took Steve to the Labasa Airport where he caught the first of three flights that returned him home after 36 hours of travel.
Since Steve’s departure, we have spent our time among the beautiful people of Savusavu, readying Amandla for her visit to the Lau Group, and provisioning extra supplies for trading, gift giving and for performing Sevusevu when we visit there.
We were even treated to a surprisingly awesome performance by the USNS Mercy’s Pacific Partnership Band. The USNS Mercy is a Navy Hospital Ship currently providing medical services and supplies in Fiji as part of Pacific Partnership 2015.
It is anchors up for SY Amandla tomorrow. While we will miss colorful Savusavu, we are so looking forward to venturing into the remote Lau.
Checking This One Into Lucile de Godoy’s Welcoming Photo 101 Rehab – The Clinic For Passionate Photographers.
Cool Graffiti!
How ’bout it! I was soooo pleased to find such a beautiful piece. Hoping to see more.
Very well captured – Wonderful “flow”, all those people brings up so much colors and positivity… 🙂
Thank you so much Drake! I am so captivated with the beautiful people of Savusavu that I have become a bit camera obsessed (thus my need to check-in to Lucille’s Clinic). I was afraid I might have overdone it with all the snaps so I am really delighted to hear your kind feedback.
What beautiful photos you have captured of everyday life in Savusavu Lisa – it’s so interesting to read about a place I know so little about. Your adventures are amazing and am looking forward to reading more! 🙂
You are wonderful to say so Rosemary. I feel exactly the same about traveling along with you virtually on your blog and too look forward to more adventures.
Fascinating adventure you’re on! And thanks for keeping us updated. Do you have Internet connection while at sea?
Well thank you so much! On off-shore passages, I have a very slow (and costly) connection through Satellite phone so communications are typically limited to updates on our Farkwar Page and Twitter and downloading weather files. However, on coastal passages, I often can get sufficient 3G to connect to the internet. Signal strength can be boosted with tools such as a Wirie
Colorful indeed! What a cool experience!
😉 Thank you Terri. I am pleased that you think so.
Lisa, all your pics are just so wonderful and colorful. I think your adventure brings smiles to all those that appreciate you. Thanks again for sharing.
Your very, very kind words brought a huge smile to my face this morning Eva. Thank you so much 🙂
so wonderful photos!
Thank you very much 🙂
I love the photos, it looks like so much fun. I feel like I am traveling too when I read your blog posts.
Well thank you very much Romina! I am so happy to have you travel with me virtually!
Thank you for the wonderful tour. Love the colors and their smiles! 🙂
You are very welcome Amy! Thank you for touring Savusavu with me!
Sounds like a good time you’re having. So many smiles and so much colour.
I am lucky to be surrounded by such beauty. The people of Savusavu have been very welcoming. It is a great jumping off point for a tour of the rest of Fiji. And speaking of colorful beauty, I am IN LOVE with your coverage of Vivid Sydney.
Thanks. It’s the 4th year I’ve gone and I enjoy it more and more each time.
Bula Lisa! Thank you for sharing your journey and I’m so happy to hear that you’re enjoying your visit here in my home country 🙂
It is so lovely to meet you here virtually Siteri. Maybe I will have the good luck to say hello in person when we get to Viti Levu in mid-August.
PS – I will turn 53 three days before your big ’40’ :-). If 50 is the new 30, 40 must be the new 21.
The Sevusevu ceremony sounds fascinating! A world away, Lisa 🙂 Make the very most of it!
I am so excited to experience my first Sevusevu Jo. Will let you know how it goes.
Gorgeous Lisa!
Well thank you Nicole! You are wonderful to say so!
I enjoy the photos of the citizens of Fiji. It is good to know our Navy is rendering aid. I liked the performance photos very much.
I love what the Navy is doing here and would love to see them undertake more missions like this. And I am delighted that you enjoyed the photos. Thank you so much!
Another set of gorgeous images. I especially like the sitting lady in the bright dress, the singing soldier, and mother and son in front of the shop.
Thank you so much Karen. Those are my favorite shots as well 🙂 And a HUGE congratulations on your image winning the Royal Photographic Society’s analogue competition!
I love how colorful their clothes are! You do such a wonderful job of capturing the atmosphere of your scene!
It is uplifting to be surrounded by people sporting such vibrant, bold patterns! Thank you so much for for your lovely compliment Kirsten.
Nice street portraits. Looks like a lively place.
Ahoy there Cardinal! ’tis a lively place indeed. Glad you liked the portraits :-). Thank you so much for dropping by.
Great street photography as always, Lisa. You manage to get all interesting happenings around you and we benefit from that.
Sad to hear you friend went away.
Enjoy the next destination. Looking forward to seeing your new photos.
L
All I can say Lucile is thank goodness for Photo 101 Rehab. It is wonderful to have a place to share images with other photography addicts and such a supportive Head Nurse/Co-Addict (that would be you). Cheers!
Hi,
I’ve never heard of Savusavu & I teach history; thank you for visiting my blog. I’m boarding a European cruise today but wanted to thank you for visiting my site. I’m glad you liked my tutorial about putting graphics in comments.
Janice
It was a very helpful post Janice. Thank you! And I am pleased that I was able to ‘teach’ a teacher something 🙂 Enjoy your cruise.
Help….I have missed so many of your posts. I thought I was following you but turns out that I wasn’t. Hopefully I have rectified that now.
Well it is lovely to see you here! Thank you for following me. I’ve been a bit absent myself but reconnecting now that I have good connection again
Excellent. Even though I was born in Fiji and lived there for a quarter century, I have never seen it in the way you are. I am appreciating my birth country from a whole new angle.
I would love to see it through your eyes and/or words as well…the way it was when you were here. I would be interested to see what has changed and what remains the same
I don’t have it printed out otherwise I would show you my mother’s journal of her tour round some of the Fiji islands on a copra boat in 1949. It would be a fascinating comparison for you.
That would be AMAZING!
I am having trouble with a pinched nerve in my shoulder but….if you tell me where you are now or where you have just been I may be able (shoulder willing) to fish out the journals and see if my mother made reference to those places.
That is such a wonderfully generous and welcome offer (shoulder willing). Thus far I’ve been to Savusavu and Viani Bay on Vanua Levu, Daliconi and The Bay of Islands on Vanua Balavu, Namena, Taveuni, and Wailagilala. Our future plans change every 5 minutes (as happens on a sailboat) but I know we are headed to Denarau on Viti Levu….just not sure which way yet. I so hope your pinched nerve stops giving you trouble soon! Very Best and Vinaka Vaka Levu (Thank You)
K, I will see what I can find…..perhaps tomorrow. 🙁
You are so very wonderful! Truly.