The Bogi Walu must be over, we woke up to half the boats in the bay and by the time we had breakfast and Rowan had done a work call, we were the last boat to leave the bay. We ventured about an hour north to a big bay, no other boats but quite a lot of bommies, so very happy to have the place to ourselves.
The maps show three resorts, as we were settling down, a long boat went past, we greeted them, they stopped for a chat, they had a couple of European tourists on board who told us it was a nightmare at the resort, they were the only guests and with no running water they were moving on! Rowan went and had a snorkel and said it wasn’t too bad, he spotted a couple of unusual coral structures.
In the cooler part of the afternoon, it has definitely got a lot hotter without the wind, we went and explored. Sadly the place was pretty dilapidated, we found builders doing a bit of restoration work but otherwise it was all pretty abandoned. There were two young foreign girls staying, I guess if you’re on a real budget it is worth staying as it has a lovely beach. We looked in at the next resort along which we were told was serving dinner, when Rowan heard the mention of Casava we politely decided supper on the boat would be a lot better! Really sad as it is a stunning location and the gardens and cabins looked like it was very pleasant in the past. The third resort was properly closed.
We had a lovely sunset and were surprised to find a NZ fishing motor lauch came in just as it started to go dark. Rowan tried to get hold on them on the vhf to see if they had any fish to sell, but there was no response. Just after 7pm an enormous floating Christmas tree of lights came and anchored not too far from us. Some kind of small cruise ship, anchored out in the bay. We were very pleased not to hear a squeak from them once we headed to bed.
Last boat to leave our anchorage
Red cross where we were last night, we’ve just moved a few miles north for a change of scenery
Coming into the new bay
The first resort, the main building built way too far onto the beach
The drone takes a pic of us, well away from all the coral bommies – dark splodges
The water is crystal clear
Surrounded by coral bommies
Rowan thought the black fan like coral was about 18 foot tall
Very strange looking coral
The neglected resort, they said Covid killed them off!
Such a stunning location
A great beach
The hillsides here are also covered with acacias
A beautiful sunset made more dramatic by the dark clouds
The night lights of the resort attracting nobody!
The moving Christmas tree
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