Many of the anchorages we visit even in remote places are devoid of life, no fish in the water around the boat, hardly any birds to be seen.
Therefore we really appreciate lively surroundings, like here in Ovalau: most mornings a group of dolphins swims by in the lagoon, swarms of tiny, silvery fish are skipping over the surface fleeing some larger predator, we hear a multitude of different bird songs from the neighbouring shore and snorkeling we encounter reef sharks and sometimes turtles. Most of them scurry away when they see people (they are still hunted here in Fiji), but this one seemed oddly curious or maybe just shortsighted…
“What’s that strange fish over there?”
“Let me take a closer look…”
“Oh no, it’s a human predator!!”
2024
25
Apr