We spend the morning getting a few groceries and doing laundry. Because there are so many boats here and many are ocean crossers who have met before on some previous anchorage weeks or months ago, there are continuous enthusiastic greetings everywhere. It is hard to walk to the end of the quay without meeting old friends that we have not seen in a while.
One interesting characteristic of the resort and apparently of most resorts in Fiji is that the staff remembers everyone’s name. It is quite impressive when you meet one of them just once and the next time they see you, they call you by name in a very warm and friendly way.
The evening started with an opening ceremony of speeches and announcements ending with Fijian fire dancing and the singing of the national anthems of the yachties. About eight groups assembled representing the countries represented in the marina. The U.S. had the most in attendance while Canada had only two and Norway had four. When it came time for the Fijians to sing their anthem, they assembled with the men at the back and the women in the front and sang in harmony. Also, there were many more verses than the others because it is sung in both Fijian and English. It was quite impressive.
The evening concluded with an open pit Pig Roast that included many delicious vegetables and fishes plus familiar deserts like apple pie alamode.
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