From the Island of Makogai to the Island of Koro

Catharpin Blue at  sunset the last night in Magogai

The village of  Makogai taken before we left for Koro.

Sunset the night before we left for Koro Island

This time we are moored on a mooring ball.

The longest pier in Fiji.

A visit to the Nabasovi District School.

School children in classroom.

Very happy children in this school.

The school library.

Also the library where we met by the head master.

Part of the school buildings.

More of the Library.

A picture of Solstice and Catharpin Blue at low tide.

A walk between the two resorts.

It was like a nature walk.

The Dere Bay resort.

This called a Bure in Fiji, the are little bu for tourist.

This part of the resort building.

This flower is seen everywhere on the ground but never could see on the trees. Very beautiful and it smelt lovely.

Mr. Wise is the driver that took to the school and also went to that very same school as a young boy. He was very much at home in that school.

Solstice on a mooring in Dere Bay

This tree is a very unusal tree because  we were told that it doesn't have a trunk. It grows from the top down.

Another beautiful sunset before leaving Koro for SavuSavu.

Another island  on the leeward side of Dere Bay.

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.

Levuka

Levuka was once the capital of Fiji . It has the atmosphere of little frontier town. It was a 45 minute ride by fast boat from the island of  Leleuvia  where we were anchored .We decided to let someone do the driving It was an enjoyable little trip.

This was our ride to Leuvka instead of going with the yacht.

Sam and Marilyn from Catharpin Blue.

Inside the Catholic Church.

School children, look at all those beautiful smiles.

Catholic Church.

A little old lady we met, who was talking to the flowers and the bushes saying that they were her fathers.

This is a shot of the reef that we went through on the way to Levuka.



The handicrafts of Levuka..

A Hugh date tree. It is really loaded.

The sign speaks for itself.

Fire truck and station.

It looked like you where in little old western town.

Love the architect.

The open market.

A side view of the Catholic Church. It must have been all stone at one time.

It does look like a western town.

Don' you think it looks alittle western?

On the way back to Leleuvia from Levuka

You can see the waves breaking over the reef.

The Anglican Church in Levuka.