We continued to relax in Vurevure bay after our guests left. There were days to spend wandering the beach, visiting friends, taking photographs, and sitting on INTENTION enjoying the beauty all around. It is wonderful to have no schedule. INTENTION in Vurevure Bay Along the Beach Patterns in the Sand One morning, quite to my […]

Qamea and and back in Savusavu Qamea Island After about five days at Vurevure we sailed to the nearby island of Quamea. There we anchored in the crystal clear water of the white sand bay of the Mitchell family. We visited the family on shore, swam and did some beach combing. When the children noticed […]

October 2010 – Taveuni – Vurevure Bay The Henning’s Home On a point over looking the sea is Jim Henning’s house. His grandfather came to Fiji from Germany in the late 1800s. Jim grew up on the copra farm in Vurevure bay. His 200 acre copra farm is rolling hills of coconut trees, with chickens, […]

Arrival in Taveuni After a few days we moved out to Cousteau’s in preparation to sailing on to Taveuni. Again the wind was blowing from the east. It took us 24 hours of tacking to arrive. Taveuni is as one would imagine Shangri La. On our sail along the coast we passed numerous waterfalls cascading […]

September 2010 – Futuna September and it is springtime in the southern hemisphere. The land has even more color. Trees with orange flowers dot the hills. The fruit trees have now recovered from cyclone, Tomas, that occurred in early March. At the market we now find papayas the size of footballs and some bigger. Finally […]

A Problem that Ends Well August was a month with a Friday the 13th. As though the date were the center of an hour glass, all the events of the days prior had to sift through that narrow passage to spread out on the other side. After Pam and Rae left, Jim and I, (Alice) […]

On the Fourth of July Pam, Nicky, and Lee arrived, our visiting crew from Byron Bay, Australia. The women are all friends through an ocean swimming club. Each morning they don their “cossies “(swimming costume) and jump off the dock for a swim. Donning “Cossies” and jumping “in” After a few days of relaxing in […]

BACK IN SAVUSAVU Jim had more work to do on INTENTION’s engine and it was determined that it would be easier done on a nearby dock at Savusavu Marina, away from the main mooring area. It is quiet here and a pleasant place to swim daily. Enjoying a sunset swim One morning I woke to […]

Wow three months have passed so quickly. Although fun and leisurely it feels as though they were packed with activity. Now it’s finally time to catch up on the journal. Jim and I (Alice) took the overnight ferry from Lakota to Savusavu. I was pleased to find that it was safe to leave our belongings […]

Hello everyone, I’ve been continuing to clean the black mold and green growth from inside and outside of INTENTION. It has been raining almost every day since I got here. Which means some days not much gets accomplished. Oh well, I just have to sit back and enjoy myself, my friends, and the wonderfully friendly […]