Makogai

 Makogai Island is currently used as a site of a department of fisheriers clam hatchery and turtle head-start program. It was also a large Leprosarium serving the region. the last patients were taken of the island in 1969 when a discovery for the disease was found. There were 5000 people on that island during that time. Over 1000  patients died and were buried there. The people that live there are still using some of the buildings that were still serviceable when the leper colony was not in use anymore.. Very interesting place.

Following our way points into the bay of Makogai where we anchored.

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Makogai Agricultural Center.

The two sisters who greeted us when we came in to shore to do our SevuSevu.

These are some of the clam hatchery

This is some big clam shell.

The next clams are four different species.

The colors are just so beautiful.

These are remanments of an old leprosarium.

Methodist church.

Very simple

This use to be the  part of the movie projecting building.

The cement part that you see was the screen of the movie theater.

The foundation left of the men's dormitory

This generator is was gives the village their electricity, two hrs in the morning and two hrs in the evening.It is over a hundred yrs old. 

One of the nuns that died helping the lepers.

The old grave site .

Look at all those wonderful Papayas, they sure are a great fruit.

Lots of papaya trees in  Makogai

An island you could walk to at low tide.

I thought this was precious, sitting by herself on the reef at low tide chewing on a piece of  wood. Just as happy as can be.

Anchored at Makogai

• Solstice in the bay of Makogai.