What a happy weekend with family for a great event! |
The other item of business was dealing with a black pearl pendant
with a local businessman in Nadi. Ali, our driver, takes people to merchants
where he gets a little commission. That is fine. What wasn’t
fine was the representation that the piece of jewelry was white gold! The
pendant is, but the chain wasn’t even silver! It turned black on my
neck.
While he did replace the chain with what he said was a silver
one, I have great doubts since he took it off a rack that is sitting out in the
open. First of all, if it is a sterling silver chain, it would tarnish in the
open air and secondly, I don’t think it would be out of the case.
When I challenged him on whether or not it was sterling silver, he said it was
silver. I asked if it was silver plated. He said it is silver! We will see when
I start wearing it. I think I will be buying my own white gold chain. He had a
lovely one, but I was not about to give this guy more money!
When we have a driver; we run numerous errands: Vodafone top up,
provisioning, pharmacy, fresh market, etc. so we get it all done in one trip.
It costs less than renting a car for the day and Ali knows where to go and how
to deal with the traffic. And it is much less stressful for us!
We sailed over to Musket Cove to participate in the World ARC
events before the 2015 WARC left for Vanuatu. It was fun seeing our friends who
are leaving us and heading to Australia with the WARC, plus meeting current
WARC sailors. Our intent was to hang out at Musket Cove for a few days and then
explore other islands.
The Musket Cove Resort entertainment. |
So off we go again …
No sad “goodbyes” in Vuda Marina as we did not go back
there. Fortunately, we were able to fuel up in Musket Cove. I do wish I could
have said goodbye to all of the ladies at Vuda Marina and Millie’s
group, but I think it would have been emotional knowing that we won’t
see them again. Vuda Marina was a home away from home. Vinaka!
This will now give us more time to work with the people on Avokh Island in the South Maskelynes of Vanuatu. We have a boat full of things for them and plan to install solar lighting in their community building. It looks like we will be in Vanuatu for over two months - if they let us!
This will now give us more time to work with the people on Avokh Island in the South Maskelynes of Vanuatu. We have a boat full of things for them and plan to install solar lighting in their community building. It looks like we will be in Vanuatu for over two months - if they let us!
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