We have just arrived back from cruising the Yasawa Islands. They are well known as this is where the Blue Lagoon Cruises tour.
The first stop for us was at Kuata Island. This is an island that Lindsay spent time on with a local when he was a young hydrogropher in the Navy. (about 23 years ago) The island was uninhabited and they slept in a cave. When we arrived we found that there was a back packer resort there now. The people were very interested and friendly and showed us around. On the way there we saw a turtle swimming past which was amazing. We were really surprised at how fast it could swim.
Next we went to Waya Island and anchored in a rolly anchorage. We left early the next day and endedup in another slightly rolly anchorage further up. Sick of the swell we took off for Blue Lagoon which the guide books say is the best all weather anchorage - and they were right! We met up with friends on a cat called Motu who are from Nelson and have 10 year old twins a boy and a girl.
We spent a couple of nights there the children enjoyed snorkelling and swimming with their mates. We had an interesting trip to a garden, hidden in some mangroves, to buy fruit and vegetables. We bought a huge stand of bananas which have rippened alarmingly fast.
We were running out of time as we needed to get back to Lautoka to pick up a new propellar as our old one looks like it either has worn out or we have hit something. So we headed south and anchored between two islands where we were told that it was possible to swim with giant manta rays.
The next day that is exactly what we did. There was only one there at the time but still it was a fantastic experience. Hamish got the closest to it. Some of the others there touched it. In addition to the ray there were lots of brightly coloured fish on the reef and some of the coral was incredible. There was a strong current and swimming against it soon wore us out. We wish we had an underwater camera to capture our experiences maybe next shopping spree!
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