Graptolite - Kava & Sari

16:46.66S 179:19.81E Savusavu, Fiji Saturday 21st June PM

Yesterday we crossed 180 degrees which is a point close enough to be half-way around the world from the UK and something of a milestone.  Naturally another bottle of fizzy had to be opened.

A bit later, I caught a biggish mahi-mahi but had to wellie it a good few times with a new Tongan carved fish-billy for it to come quietly and be filleted.

Before dark, we were in Savusavu, Fiji. There is a fine tradition of bureaucracy here, presumably left over from the time Fiji was British, and a big crowd of officials turned up at the boat with armfuls of forms. We had one sorry-looking orange confiscated but no other problems apart from writer's cramp and then they gave us a permit to go ashore. But we didn't and stayed aboard instead and watched 'The African Queen' on DVD and ate fish.

This morning we did go ashore to do some shopping and bought a big pile of dried kava root in the market. Kava is a druggy substance which is handed over to the island village chiefs to keep them from becoming hostile. Colin and Belinda also turned up today and we now have the full Fiji cruising
crew.

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