Safely back in the land of cars, buses and internet!

Well we've had an almost perfect 175 mile passage up from Faluga to Taveuni, pretty much a reverse route from our way down but much, much easier. We flew the Parasailor spinnaker for 24 hours non-stop and have just had our last two beers to celebrate dropping the anchor. 

We set off in company with Bravo, a lovely 46 ft American boat who flew full white sails rather than spinnaker and arrived about an hour after us; it was, as ever, good to have a friendly navigation light in visual range throughout the night. The conditions were lovely, though, so we both slept on our off-watches and feel remarkably OK now.

In the anchorage here we are within a dinghy ride of a shop, an off licence, a bakery and a fruit and veg stall so tomorrow morning we'll be beating a path to their doors (it's Sunday afternoon now so nothing will be open). We're also in range of internet again - hurrah - so here's the first photo for a while. Lots more to follow:

Meli's current sailing canoe