Kakoda Salad and other Wins in Savusavu

Lunch at the Surf & Turf. Kakoda Salad and
home made ice cream for dessert.

We have had a good day in Savusavu today. As previously reported, Maureen had thrown our perfectly good stovetop grill into the ocean about a week ago and we have had a bit of a time managing to hold the pot while the water boiled.

A replacement is no big deal -- in Vancouver -- bit a little trickier in Fiji.

But, we went to the applicance store and asked if they had something that might suit. The fellow brought us out an old grill that had been in his storage room and said we could just take it.

Well, a little head scratching and a little hacksawing and we are back in business. We have two of the three elements back in working order and, well, lets face it who ever uses that third element anyway.

Next, we were able to procure a new aluminium LPG tank which is again no mean feat... I had gone to fill the tank a couple of weeks ago and the fellow said the valve needed to be replaced. No problem, I prefer to have a non-leaking valve anyway so just go ahead. Well you see, we ruined the threads when we took the valve out. No worries, we'll just buy a new tank. Sorry we don't have any aluminium tanks. No problem, we'll grab one in Suva (the capital of Fiji). Sorry none there either. We do have a couple in Savusavu. On well then, no worries.

On top of that we lucked into the local cruiser's net and ended up splitting the cab 5 ways. It's all good!

And we were back in time for lunch. Again, based on tips from the cruiser's net we dropped into the Surf & Turf and had a fabulous lunch with change left over for a double scoop of homemade ice cream.

All in all, a pretty good day. Looking forward to seeing what tomorrow brings.