The island next to Monu to the south is called Monuriki, and it was used for on location filming for the movie The Castaway. When we left Monu we did a drive by of Monuriki, but we didn’t see any great places to anchor out of the swell, and we had had our fill of rolling in the swell from our two nights at Monu. So, we snapped a few photos and were on our way.
Exodus selfie at the Castaway movie location.
On our way headed back south we really hadn’t decided yet where we would go for the night, but the wind calmed and we came upon a tiny island, not much more than a pile of sand, so we stopped for lunch and a swim. The funny thing was that while we were there, a tour boat actually stopped and people got off to snorkel around the pile of sand. The tour operator was named Eliza and he was Fijian, and he had never met cruisers before, and he was absolutely fascinated by our story. I was struck with surprise that with as many cruisers as there are in this area of Fiji that he hadn’t crossed paths with any yet. Anyway, he was a nice guy, but soon enough he rounded up his tourists and headed on to the next spot. We enjoyed our afternoon swimming and playing in the “surf” before moving on. By that point we had settled on heading to the island of Mana.
We anchored for the afternoon at this “pile of sand”
Gresham Family Exodus 