tvalenti17: Santa Monica Marina near airport
tvalenti17: Cool outdoor art at park near airport
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tvalenti17: Fiji airways put us up in this hotel when our connecting flight was cancelled
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tvalenti17: Fijian Copper Headed Skink
tvalenti17: Fijian Copper Skink at a botanical gardens
tvalenti17: Fiji botanical
tvalenti17: Fiji Ginger
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tvalenti17: Botanical garden walk
tvalenti17: Royal Palms in the Garden of the Sleeping giant
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tvalenti17: Banana?
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tvalenti17: These kingfishers were like backyard birds in Vavau. Unfortunately this lousy cell phone photo was my only capture.
tvalenti17: Our first sunset from the boat at our Mala anchorage.
tvalenti17: Relief after getting away from land with all of our gear and passengers. Then successfully settng anchor at Mala, with daylight to spare. Jean and Mike ready for our first sunset happy hour.
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tvalenti17: Mark barbecued the first of many fine locally influenced meals.
tvalenti17: Mike and Tim wondering whey the starboard engine had no rpms but was running fine otherwise. Hmmm....
tvalenti17: In the lee of Mala, after the first of three windy night anchorages.
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tvalenti17: We took the dingy around this corner for access to the snorkeling. The area was called the Japanese coral gardens for the bonsai like shapes underwater.