I spent most of the day doing laundry, I still had mountains of our winter gear to wash, ready to pack away into vacuum bags. I also discovered that all 5 of my king size flat white cotton sheets have got a rust coloured mould, so I was bleaching and soaking those, but think only two are going to be ok to keep. Luckily I had replaced these white sheets with blue bamboo sheets a year ago, that are much easier to keep looking decent and lovely to sleep under in the heat. We are real converts to bamboo.
Rowan did some very successful tightening of the fan belts on the two engines, which had been replaced in NZ, and had started whining when starting . Quite a mission for him as they have a cover over them that is really difficult to get to, and in the afternoon sun it was a real challenge.
Bula is the greeting hello in Fiji. Washing line empty while dark clouds are about
Amazing colour water , looking towards the Q dock and town
The marina is brand new and construction is still underway. It is a category 5 rating so it should meet insurance purposes during hurricane season
Rowan had tried everything in Whangarei, NZ, to get a pint of blood extracted for his Haemochromatosis (iron overload) condition. The blood donation bank only goes there once a month and he missed that. The hospital and every clinic wanted a doctor’s appointment first, the walk in clinic had a 4 hour waiting time, which was not an option in our last few busy days. We were so disappointed not to have got it done there. On the off chance Rowan went to the medical clinic in town here in SavuSavu where a doctor saw him within minutes. He explained the situation and the Doc sent him to the hospital and told him to just say he wanted to donate blood. It worked wonderfully, he took a taxi to the hospital a little way out of town, and they treated him like royalty, and were effusively grateful for his donation! Getting rid of a couple of pints of blood a year is enough to keep his iron levels in check, so a great success. He was hugely impressed by the friendliness and competence of all the staff.
We felt quite tired after all our hard work today, so we staggered up to the restaurant here at the marina. We were pleasantly surprised, we shared a typical dish of raw fish in coconut which was good. I had a delicious prawn curry and Rowan enjoyed his lamb curry. The restaurant is predominantly run by Indians. There are almost as many Indians as indigenous Fijians living in Fiji.
Supper at the marina restaurant, with PolePole behind us
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