The Blue Lagoon

Yes, here we are, at the Blue Lagoon made famous by a prepubescent Brooke Shields in the movie of the same name. Before reaching the calm waters of the Blue Lagoon, we had a windy passage from Port Denarau stopping in to Waya Island and what we had expected to be a calm anchorage for the night. With wind gusts up to 30 knots it turned out to be a really "swell" anchorage. But that didn't stop us from getting in our dinghy to join Ken and his gang for dinner on Moonbeam. We had met Liz, Jack, Mina and Bob at Port Denarau and were looking forward to a fun evening. As Liz described it, we had a delicious dinner of catch the plates and wine glasses! Despite the rolliness, everyone was in fine spirits. Even the sailing novices, Liz and Jack, seemed to be taking it all in stride.

We hauled out of there as early as we could and headed a little farther north making our way through some shallow reefs before turning into the area known as the Blue Lagoon. The wind was still howling, but the water was flat. Ah, peace!

Today we are preparing for a birthday party for Ken. We are baking the cake...no small feat for us since we are slowly depleting our food stocks. But I found a recipe that matched the ingredients I had on board (thank heavens for wifi!!) and I think it will be ok! It has been a combined effort as are most of the meals aboard Segwun. Jens grated the coconut from the ones we received from Rabi Island and he made the template for the decoration as well as helped with the tasting for the chocolate icing.

We had an afternoon dive at 'the maze' before getting ready for the birthday party at Coral View Resort where Jack and Liz were staying. We had a traditional Fijian feast with the food cooked in a lovo which means it is wrapped in leaves and put into an oven in the earth. Then it was a dance performance where the young boys were definitely the stars of the show A little birthday cake and the Moonbeam birthday song, which isn't very long, HA! finished the day. But the celebration continued the next morning with another dive followed by Sunday pancakes on SEGWUN with a little champagne and orange juice to wash it down.

We now need to start making our way back to Port Denarau for a week 'on the hard' as they say. SEGWUN will be hauled out on the 23rd of September. Time for a fresh coat of bottom paint and a little touching up of the bright work. While she's on the hard, we'll be chilling at a local resort which is sure to be a treat. We haven't spent a night on land since February!