Trip Report - Fiji

Trip Dates 2004-06-05 - 2004-06-20

Summary

This was our second trip to Fiji. The trip report for the first one is
available at www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/Trips/Fiji.htm. We did the same
basic itinerary, fly to Fiji, stay at Woidroka Bay, sail on Aggressor,
go home. Some of the details are different.

The Providers

Air Canada www.aircanada.ca
Air Pacific www.airpacific.com
Woidroka Bay Resort www.dive-surf-fiji.com.fj
Fiji Aggressor II www.aggressor.com
Tanoa International Hotel www.tanoahotels.com

The Travel

Going to Fiji wasn't too bad - roughly 20 hours door to door. Coming
back was expected to be bad, and it was worse. Crossing the
Interational Date Line meant that we got to make two overnight flights
on the same day. Unfotunately the first one was 5 hours late.
Fortunately we had an 8 hour scheduled layover, so we still caught our
2nd flight.

For the trip back, we took a room at the Tanoa International Hotel for
the afternoon. Money well spent in my opinion. We had planned to find
a room in LA for our layover, but didn't have to because of the late
flight.

Woidroka Bay Resort

Woidroka Bay has some redeeming qualities, but one bad feature that
wrecks everything.

The place had changed quite a bit since our last visit. The main
buiding was now completely enclosed, there were two more bures, and a
larger fleet of boats. The hotel part was basic, but nice.

On our last trip, we were the only guests. On this one there were lots
of surfers, but we were the only divers. So, we shared the boat with
the surfers. We would go out to the reef, toss out the surfers, do two
dives, recover the surfers, and go home. Watching the surfers during
the surface interval was quite entertaining.

The diving from Woidroka Bay was quite nice. In terms of what there
was to see, it was quite similar to the sites we dove the following
week. The seascape was different though. This was reef and walls,
Aggressor dives were mainly pinnacles.

So what was the bad part? The owner. He had only recently purchased
the place and he was a miser. He was more interested in pinching
pennies than he was in ensuring his guests enjoyed themselves. A
specific example is that one day he had 3 divers (two tanks each), and
6 surfers going out, and he assigned one of the smaller boats. He
eventually relented, but only after considerable complaining from both
us and the surfers. So, if you are going to Fiji, stay somewhere else.

Fiji Aggressor II

The Fiji Aggressor II is the boat formerly known as the Sere-Ni-Wa.
It's a full size liveaboard that only takes 10 passengers. The
staterooms were spacious with lots of storage space. The salon &
dining room were sufficient. The dive was a little small, but not too
crowded.

Depending on the current and dive site, we either dove from the back
of the big boat, or took a skiff to the start point and drifted to the
big boat. Underwater navigation was a bit different than most
liveaboards I have dove from. The captain would anchor the boat in the
deep sand, with the stern close to the pinnacle we were diving. This
meant that at the end of the dive, there was no anchor line to use as
a reference point, you had to find the boat. On one dive, the wind
shifted and the boat blew about 100 yards away from the group of
pinncacles so we had to swim a bit.

The Diving

For the most part it was pretty good, not spectacular but pretty good.
There had been a lot of rain in the weeks leading up to our trip. In
fact, it rained every day we were at the resort. Perhaps for this
reason, the water was siltier than it was on our earlier trip. The viz
was still pretty good though. The water temperature ranged from 77 -
79 F.

For those who have never dove the Indo Pacific area, it is remarkably
different than the Caribbean. The fish population is totally
different, and the soft corals are much more colourful. I have been
there before, so it is getting harder to impress me.

If You Go, You Should Know

American money has value on the Aggressor. All boat fees, which
includes the Value Added Tax that everyone pays is discounted 20% if
you pay US cash.

The departure tax may or may not be included in the cost of your plane
tickets. Ours were.

The Nadi airport does not have a courtesy phone to nearby hotels and
rental car agencies like you would find in North American Airports.
Instead they have travel agents that can find you a place to stay.

The Final Words

Even with the rain, silt, and long flights, this was still a great
trip. Given the chance to do it again or pick Door Number 2, I'd do it
again.

Epilogue - photos can be viewed at
http://www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/underwater/index.htm. The ones marked
new are from this trip.

Nice report and great information.

Thanks, Dan.

Alan




In article <5f689eea.0406260450.43d8484e@posting.google.com >, Dan
Bracuk <bracuk@axxent.ca> wrote:

> Trip Dates 2004-06-05 - 2004-06-20
>
> Summary
>
> This was our second trip to Fiji. The trip report for the first one is
> available at www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/Trips/Fiji.htm. We did the same
> basic itinerary, fly to Fiji, stay at Woidroka Bay, sail on Aggressor,
> go home. Some of the details are different.
>
> The Providers
>
> Air Canada www.aircanada.ca
> Air Pacific www.airpacific.com
> Woidroka Bay Resort www.dive-surf-fiji.com.fj
> Fiji Aggressor II www.aggressor.com
> Tanoa International Hotel www.tanoahotels.com
>
> The Travel
>
> Going to Fiji wasn't too bad - roughly 20 hours door to door. Coming
> back was expected to be bad, and it was worse. Crossing the
> Interational Date Line meant that we got to make two overnight flights
> on the same day. Unfotunately the first one was 5 hours late.
> Fortunately we had an 8 hour scheduled layover, so we still caught our
> 2nd flight.
>
> For the trip back, we took a room at the Tanoa International Hotel for
> the afternoon. Money well spent in my opinion. We had planned to find
> a room in LA for our layover, but didn't have to because of the late
> flight.
>
> Woidroka Bay Resort
>
> Woidroka Bay has some redeeming qualities, but one bad feature that
> wrecks everything.
>
> The place had changed quite a bit since our last visit. The main
> buiding was now completely enclosed, there were two more bures, and a
> larger fleet of boats. The hotel part was basic, but nice.
>
> On our last trip, we were the only guests. On this one there were lots
> of surfers, but we were the only divers. So, we shared the boat with
> the surfers. We would go out to the reef, toss out the surfers, do two
> dives, recover the surfers, and go home. Watching the surfers during
> the surface interval was quite entertaining.
>
> The diving from Woidroka Bay was quite nice. In terms of what there
> was to see, it was quite similar to the sites we dove the following
> week. The seascape was different though. This was reef and walls,
> Aggressor dives were mainly pinnacles.
>
> So what was the bad part? The owner. He had only recently purchased
> the place and he was a miser. He was more interested in pinching
> pennies than he was in ensuring his guests enjoyed themselves. A
> specific example is that one day he had 3 divers (two tanks each), and
> 6 surfers going out, and he assigned one of the smaller boats. He
> eventually relented, but only after considerable complaining from both
> us and the surfers. So, if you are going to Fiji, stay somewhere else.
>
> Fiji Aggressor II
>
> The Fiji Aggressor II is the boat formerly known as the Sere-Ni-Wa.
> It's a full size liveaboard that only takes 10 passengers. The
> staterooms were spacious with lots of storage space. The salon &
> dining room were sufficient. The dive was a little small, but not too
> crowded.
>
> Depending on the current and dive site, we either dove from the back
> of the big boat, or took a skiff to the start point and drifted to the
> big boat. Underwater navigation was a bit different than most
> liveaboards I have dove from. The captain would anchor the boat in the
> deep sand, with the stern close to the pinnacle we were diving. This
> meant that at the end of the dive, there was no anchor line to use as
> a reference point, you had to find the boat. On one dive, the wind
> shifted and the boat blew about 100 yards away from the group of
> pinncacles so we had to swim a bit.
>
> The Diving
>
> For the most part it was pretty good, not spectacular but pretty good.
> There had been a lot of rain in the weeks leading up to our trip. In
> fact, it rained every day we were at the resort. Perhaps for this
> reason, the water was siltier than it was on our earlier trip. The viz
> was still pretty good though. The water temperature ranged from 77 -
> 79 F.
>
> For those who have never dove the Indo Pacific area, it is remarkably
> different than the Caribbean. The fish population is totally
> different, and the soft corals are much more colourful. I have been
> there before, so it is getting harder to impress me.
>
> If You Go, You Should Know
>
> American money has value on the Aggressor. All boat fees, which
> includes the Value Added Tax that everyone pays is discounted 20% if
> you pay US cash.
>
> The departure tax may or may not be included in the cost of your plane
> tickets. Ours were.
>
> The Nadi airport does not have a courtesy phone to nearby hotels and
> rental car agencies like you would find in North American Airports.
> Instead they have travel agents that can find you a place to stay.
>
> The Final Words
>
> Even with the rain, silt, and long flights, this was still a great
> trip. Given the chance to do it again or pick Door Number 2, I'd do it
> again.
>
> Epilogue - photos can be viewed at
> http://www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/underwater/index.htm. The ones marked
> new are from this trip.

Dan Bracuk wrote:
> Trip Dates 2004-06-05 - 2004-06-20
>
> Summary
>
> This was our second trip to Fiji. The trip report for the first one is
> available at www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/Trips/Fiji.htm. We did the same
> basic itinerary, fly to Fiji, stay at Woidroka Bay, sail on Aggressor,
> go home. Some of the details are different.
>
> The Providers
>
> Air Canada www.aircanada.ca
> Air Pacific www.airpacific.com
> Woidroka Bay Resort www.dive-surf-fiji.com.fj
> Fiji Aggressor II www.aggressor.com
> Tanoa International Hotel www.tanoahotels.com
>
> The Travel
>
> Going to Fiji wasn't too bad - roughly 20 hours door to door. Coming
> back was expected to be bad, and it was worse. Crossing the
> Interational Date Line meant that we got to make two overnight flights
> on the same day. Unfotunately the first one was 5 hours late.
> Fortunately we had an 8 hour scheduled layover, so we still caught our
> 2nd flight.
>
> For the trip back, we took a room at the Tanoa International Hotel for
> the afternoon. Money well spent in my opinion. We had planned to find
> a room in LA for our layover, but didn't have to because of the late
> flight.
>
> Woidroka Bay Resort
>
> Woidroka Bay has some redeeming qualities, but one bad feature that
> wrecks everything.
>
> The place had changed quite a bit since our last visit. The main
> buiding was now completely enclosed, there were two more bures, and a
> larger fleet of boats. The hotel part was basic, but nice.
>
> On our last trip, we were the only guests. On this one there were lots
> of surfers, but we were the only divers. So, we shared the boat with
> the surfers. We would go out to the reef, toss out the surfers, do two
> dives, recover the surfers, and go home. Watching the surfers during
> the surface interval was quite entertaining.
>
> The diving from Woidroka Bay was quite nice. In terms of what there
> was to see, it was quite similar to the sites we dove the following
> week. The seascape was different though. This was reef and walls,
> Aggressor dives were mainly pinnacles.
>
> So what was the bad part? The owner. He had only recently purchased
> the place and he was a miser. He was more interested in pinching
> pennies than he was in ensuring his guests enjoyed themselves. A
> specific example is that one day he had 3 divers (two tanks each), and
> 6 surfers going out, and he assigned one of the smaller boats. He
> eventually relented, but only after considerable complaining from both
> us and the surfers. So, if you are going to Fiji, stay somewhere else.
>
> Fiji Aggressor II
>
> The Fiji Aggressor II is the boat formerly known as the Sere-Ni-Wa.
> It's a full size liveaboard that only takes 10 passengers. The
> staterooms were spacious with lots of storage space. The salon &
> dining room were sufficient. The dive was a little small, but not too
> crowded.
>
> Depending on the current and dive site, we either dove from the back
> of the big boat, or took a skiff to the start point and drifted to the
> big boat. Underwater navigation was a bit different than most
> liveaboards I have dove from. The captain would anchor the boat in the
> deep sand, with the stern close to the pinnacle we were diving. This
> meant that at the end of the dive, there was no anchor line to use as
> a reference point, you had to find the boat. On one dive, the wind
> shifted and the boat blew about 100 yards away from the group of
> pinncacles so we had to swim a bit.
>
> The Diving
>
> For the most part it was pretty good, not spectacular but pretty good.
> There had been a lot of rain in the weeks leading up to our trip. In
> fact, it rained every day we were at the resort. Perhaps for this
> reason, the water was siltier than it was on our earlier trip. The viz
> was still pretty good though. The water temperature ranged from 77 -
> 79 F.
>
> For those who have never dove the Indo Pacific area, it is remarkably
> different than the Caribbean. The fish population is totally
> different, and the soft corals are much more colourful. I have been
> there before, so it is getting harder to impress me.
>
> If You Go, You Should Know
>
> American money has value on the Aggressor. All boat fees, which
> includes the Value Added Tax that everyone pays is discounted 20% if
> you pay US cash.
>
> The departure tax may or may not be included in the cost of your plane
> tickets. Ours were.
>
> The Nadi airport does not have a courtesy phone to nearby hotels and
> rental car agencies like you would find in North American Airports.
> Instead they have travel agents that can find you a place to stay.
>
> The Final Words
>
> Even with the rain, silt, and long flights, this was still a great
> trip. Given the chance to do it again or pick Door Number 2, I'd do it
> again.
>
> Epilogue - photos can be viewed at
> http://www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/underwater/index.htm. The ones marked
> new are from this trip.

Breat pics, Dan!

it would have been nice if you had informed us where you dived. I assume
the Agressor trip was probably cruising the area between Viti Levu and Vuana
Levu, but not necessarily what is called "Bligh Water," named after Capt'n
Bligh of Mutiny on the Bounty fame. It could also be that they cruised
southwards towars the Astrolab Lagoon. The guy who owns, or did own the
Siri ne wa used to cruise down there but got the natives very angry with him
since they felt they "owned" the outer reefs and wanted to be paid
handsomely for allowing divers to go around there. I'm speaking of the area
heading towards Kedavu, that cluster of islands that lie to the South that
can be reached with a short flight out of Suva.

So where were you diving or did you pay attention?

Joe English wrote:

> Dan Bracuk wrote:
> > Trip Dates 2004-06-05 - 2004-06-20
> >
> > Summary
> >
> > This was our second trip to Fiji. The trip report for the first one is
> > available at www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/Trips/Fiji.htm. We did the same
> > basic itinerary, fly to Fiji, stay at Woidroka Bay, sail on Aggressor,
> > go home. Some of the details are different.
> >
> > The Providers
> >
> > Air Canada www.aircanada.ca
> > Air Pacific www.airpacific.com
> > Woidroka Bay Resort www.dive-surf-fiji.com.fj
> > Fiji Aggressor II www.aggressor.com
> > Tanoa International Hotel www.tanoahotels.com
> >
> > The Travel
> >
> > Going to Fiji wasn't too bad - roughly 20 hours door to door. Coming
> > back was expected to be bad, and it was worse. Crossing the
> > Interational Date Line meant that we got to make two overnight flights
> > on the same day. Unfotunately the first one was 5 hours late.
> > Fortunately we had an 8 hour scheduled layover, so we still caught our
> > 2nd flight.
> >
> > For the trip back, we took a room at the Tanoa International Hotel for
> > the afternoon. Money well spent in my opinion. We had planned to find
> > a room in LA for our layover, but didn't have to because of the late
> > flight.
> >
> > Woidroka Bay Resort
> >
> > Woidroka Bay has some redeeming qualities, but one bad feature that
> > wrecks everything.
> >
> > The place had changed quite a bit since our last visit. The main
> > buiding was now completely enclosed, there were two more bures, and a
> > larger fleet of boats. The hotel part was basic, but nice.
> >
> > On our last trip, we were the only guests. On this one there were lots
> > of surfers, but we were the only divers. So, we shared the boat with
> > the surfers. We would go out to the reef, toss out the surfers, do two
> > dives, recover the surfers, and go home. Watching the surfers during
> > the surface interval was quite entertaining.
> >
> > The diving from Woidroka Bay was quite nice. In terms of what there
> > was to see, it was quite similar to the sites we dove the following
> > week. The seascape was different though. This was reef and walls,
> > Aggressor dives were mainly pinnacles.
> >
> > So what was the bad part? The owner. He had only recently purchased
> > the place and he was a miser. He was more interested in pinching
> > pennies than he was in ensuring his guests enjoyed themselves. A
> > specific example is that one day he had 3 divers (two tanks each), and
> > 6 surfers going out, and he assigned one of the smaller boats. He
> > eventually relented, but only after considerable complaining from both
> > us and the surfers. So, if you are going to Fiji, stay somewhere else.
> >
> > Fiji Aggressor II
> >
> > The Fiji Aggressor II is the boat formerly known as the Sere-Ni-Wa.
> > It's a full size liveaboard that only takes 10 passengers. The
> > staterooms were spacious with lots of storage space. The salon &
> > dining room were sufficient. The dive was a little small, but not too
> > crowded.
> >
> > Depending on the current and dive site, we either dove from the back
> > of the big boat, or took a skiff to the start point and drifted to the
> > big boat. Underwater navigation was a bit different than most
> > liveaboards I have dove from. The captain would anchor the boat in the
> > deep sand, with the stern close to the pinnacle we were diving. This
> > meant that at the end of the dive, there was no anchor line to use as
> > a reference point, you had to find the boat. On one dive, the wind
> > shifted and the boat blew about 100 yards away from the group of
> > pinncacles so we had to swim a bit.
> >
> > The Diving
> >
> > For the most part it was pretty good, not spectacular but pretty good.
> > There had been a lot of rain in the weeks leading up to our trip. In
> > fact, it rained every day we were at the resort. Perhaps for this
> > reason, the water was siltier than it was on our earlier trip. The viz
> > was still pretty good though. The water temperature ranged from 77 -
> > 79 F.
> >
> > For those who have never dove the Indo Pacific area, it is remarkably
> > different than the Caribbean. The fish population is totally
> > different, and the soft corals are much more colourful. I have been
> > there before, so it is getting harder to impress me.
> >
> > If You Go, You Should Know
> >
> > American money has value on the Aggressor. All boat fees, which
> > includes the Value Added Tax that everyone pays is discounted 20% if
> > you pay US cash.
> >
> > The departure tax may or may not be included in the cost of your plane
> > tickets. Ours were.
> >
> > The Nadi airport does not have a courtesy phone to nearby hotels and
> > rental car agencies like you would find in North American Airports.
> > Instead they have travel agents that can find you a place to stay.
> >
> > The Final Words
> >
> > Even with the rain, silt, and long flights, this was still a great
> > trip. Given the chance to do it again or pick Door Number 2, I'd do it
> > again.
> >
> > Epilogue - photos can be viewed at
> > http://www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/underwater/index.htm. The ones marked
> > new are from this trip.
>
> Breat pics, Dan!

in article 0JWdnbpEoIdkFkDdRVn-vg@accessus.net, Joe English at
jenglish@accessusn.net wrote on 6/26/04 7:45 AM:

>>
>> Epilogue - photos can be viewed at
>> http://www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/underwater/index.htm. The ones marked
>> new are from this trip.
VERY nice pics............above the water may not have been all that great,
but underwater is another story.

Thanks for sharing!

Mtbchip

Forgot to mention the shark feeding dives.

There was a large cranny at about 65 ft. All 10 guests plus the
photo/video pro were able to fit, and it was like having a little
theatre. Then the divemaster would bring out the fish. On the first
dive, the fish hunks were tied to pieces of string. The divemaster
would secure one end to the reef, about 5 feet below us, and let the
fish go. The theory was that the shark would grab the fish, get to the
end of the rope, and start thrashing about. That actually happened a
couple of time. Most of the time there would be a frenzy of red bass
attacking the fish. Then, at the end, some very brave butterflyfish
would clean up.

The second shark dive was similar, the difference was that there was
no rope on the fish hunks. The divemaster, who was much braver than
I'll ever be, was simply pulling the fish hunks out and letting them
go. That wasn't the brave part. The brave part was that there was a
huge grouper there, and the dm was trying to ensure that he got some
fish. He didn't, too slow. However, I've seen enough feeding frenzies
to not trust those red bass at all. In fact. I'd also be leery of the
grouper. However, this guy does this every week and he appeared to
have the correct number of appendages.

On the second shark dive, a shark was actually able to get the piece
of fish and swim away. About a dozen red bass and two or three other
sharks started chasing him. It was pretty funny.

did you dive the Somosomo straits..great white wall?
Richard

On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 00:50:22 +1200, Dan Bracuk wrote:

> Trip Dates 2004-06-05 - 2004-06-20
>
> Summary
>
> This was our second trip to Fiji. The trip report for the first one is
> available at www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/Trips/Fiji.htm. We did the same
> basic itinerary, fly to Fiji, stay at Woidroka Bay, sail on Aggressor,
> go home. Some of the details are different.
>
> The Providers
>
> Air Canada www.aircanada.ca
> Air Pacific www.airpacific.com
> Woidroka Bay Resort www.dive-surf-fiji.com.fj
> Fiji Aggressor II www.aggressor.com
> Tanoa International Hotel www.tanoahotels.com
>
> The Travel
>
> Going to Fiji wasn't too bad - roughly 20 hours door to door. Coming
> back was expected to be bad, and it was worse. Crossing the Interational
> Date Line meant that we got to make two overnight flights on the same
> day. Unfotunately the first one was 5 hours late. Fortunately we had an
> 8 hour scheduled layover, so we still caught our 2nd flight.
>
> For the trip back, we took a room at the Tanoa International Hotel for
> the afternoon. Money well spent in my opinion. We had planned to find a
> room in LA for our layover, but didn't have to because of the late
> flight.
>
> Woidroka Bay Resort
>
> Woidroka Bay has some redeeming qualities, but one bad feature that
> wrecks everything.
>
> The place had changed quite a bit since our last visit. The main buiding
> was now completely enclosed, there were two more bures, and a larger
> fleet of boats. The hotel part was basic, but nice.
>
> On our last trip, we were the only guests. On this one there were lots
> of surfers, but we were the only divers. So, we shared the boat with the
> surfers. We would go out to the reef, toss out the surfers, do two
> dives, recover the surfers, and go home. Watching the surfers during the
> surface interval was quite entertaining.
>
> The diving from Woidroka Bay was quite nice. In terms of what there was
> to see, it was quite similar to the sites we dove the following week.
> The seascape was different though. This was reef and walls, Aggressor
> dives were mainly pinnacles.
>
> So what was the bad part? The owner. He had only recently purchased the
> place and he was a miser. He was more interested in pinching pennies
> than he was in ensuring his guests enjoyed themselves. A specific
> example is that one day he had 3 divers (two tanks each), and 6 surfers
> going out, and he assigned one of the smaller boats. He eventually
> relented, but only after considerable complaining from both us and the
> surfers. So, if you are going to Fiji, stay somewhere else.
>
> Fiji Aggressor II
>
> The Fiji Aggressor II is the boat formerly known as the Sere-Ni-Wa. It's
> a full size liveaboard that only takes 10 passengers. The staterooms
> were spacious with lots of storage space. The salon & dining room were
> sufficient. The dive was a little small, but not too crowded.
>
> Depending on the current and dive site, we either dove from the back of
> the big boat, or took a skiff to the start point and drifted to the big
> boat. Underwater navigation was a bit different than most liveaboards I
> have dove from. The captain would anchor the boat in the deep sand, with
> the stern close to the pinnacle we were diving. This meant that at the
> end of the dive, there was no anchor line to use as a reference point,
> you had to find the boat. On one dive, the wind shifted and the boat
> blew about 100 yards away from the group of pinncacles so we had to swim
> a bit.
>
> The Diving
>
> For the most part it was pretty good, not spectacular but pretty good.
> There had been a lot of rain in the weeks leading up to our trip. In
> fact, it rained every day we were at the resort. Perhaps for this
> reason, the water was siltier than it was on our earlier trip. The viz
> was still pretty good though. The water temperature ranged from 77 - 79
> F.
>
> For those who have never dove the Indo Pacific area, it is remarkably
> different than the Caribbean. The fish population is totally different,
> and the soft corals are much more colourful. I have been there before,
> so it is getting harder to impress me.
>
> If You Go, You Should Know
>
> American money has value on the Aggressor. All boat fees, which includes
> the Value Added Tax that everyone pays is discounted 20% if you pay US
> cash.
>
> The departure tax may or may not be included in the cost of your plane
> tickets. Ours were.
>
> The Nadi airport does not have a courtesy phone to nearby hotels and
> rental car agencies like you would find in North American Airports.
> Instead they have travel agents that can find you a place to stay.
>
> The Final Words
>
> Even with the rain, silt, and long flights, this was still a great trip.
> Given the chance to do it again or pick Door Number 2, I'd do it again.
>
> Epilogue - photos can be viewed at
> http://www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/underwater/index.htm. The ones marked
> new are from this trip.

nice photos - appreciated

Brian
http://linuxguide.co.nz

Dan Bracuk wrote:

> Forgot to mention the shark feeding dives.
>
[....]

Yes, dance little shark
Dance on my strings
Dance little puppy
My amusement it brings.


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"Dan Bracuk" <bracuk@axxent.ca> wrote in message
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> Trip Dates 2004-06-05 - 2004-06-20
>
> Summary
>
> This was our second trip to Fiji. The trip report for the first one is
> available at www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/Trips/Fiji.htm. We did the same
> basic itinerary, fly to Fiji, stay at Woidroka Bay, sail on Aggressor,
> go home. Some of the details are different.
>
Love Fiji. Our group split between the Sere-Ni-Wa and the Nai'a, we being
on the latter. I loved the Nai'a. Rob and Cat are quite the pair. E6 had
to be my favorite site -- incredible diving. I'm looking forward to a
return in 2005.

How was the shape of the soft coral?