Blue Lagoon Photo Log

September 2-6, 2015

This area is referred to as “The Blue Lagoon” because it is the location where the movie was filmed over 35 years ago. The anchorage is one of the more protected ones in the Yasawas because it is in the middle of several islands. Most boats anchor in front of the resort on Nanuya-Sewa, but to the north is the island of Tavewa and to the west is Matacawa Levu. On Matacawa Levu there is a village where we went as a big group to do our sevusevu. The village was clean, and the people were welcoming and they gave us a tour around the village.

The resort was small and modest and there is a nice bar area where we enjoyed some beers several times. The real beauty of this area was the long, white sand beach. We moms escaped for a long walk together while all the kids, well, not sure what they did, but I’m sure they weren’t causing too much trouble.

A highlight for me while anchored at Blue Lagoon was when we had mother/daughter night on Exodus. This might sound like a strange thing for me to host given that, well, you know, I don’t have any daughters, but really it wasn’t so strange. I loved that for an evening my mom friends shared their wonderful daughters with me. In addition to showing off and admiring the dresses the girls had recently made, we played a game where you read questions and have to guess what others will answer. I love my boys, but having a girlie night really hit the spot for me.

One of the lowlights while anchored at Blue Lagoon was yet another sad good-bye. This is getting really, really old. This time it was Field Trip as they headed back down to Port Denarau to install new batteries and then go off to explore the Lau Group. One of the hardest things about cruising is all the good-byes, but we are enriched by all the people we’ve gotten to know and been fortunate enough to call friends. The Field Trip family is one of the special ones, indeed.

Logbook – September 2, 2015 (Natuvalo Bay to Blue Lagoon)

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