Last weekend we left Caqalai and went to Pacific Harbour about an hour away from Suva. This is a purpose built area on drained swamp land developed in the 70's. There are some beach resorts and an "Arts Village" with shops, restaurants and other facilities including a dive shop.

This will be the last blog post. Due to the Corona virus hitting Fiji at last, travel restrictions and the economic considerations etc. things are imploding here as well as in the rest of the world. Sophie has booked flights home for us, as ours in 2 weeks time will probably be cancelled. On the plus side, due to the vegetarian diet and lack of alcohol, Rhonda and I have both shed a lot of weight. We are so used to a meat diet that the "extreme camping" veggie food is not to our taste, plus the lack of alcohol of course.

We were evacuated from Caqalai on about March 20th as it become clear that the transit hubs used to get home such as Singapore, Sydney and Hong Kong were about to close. The Americans, Canadians and Germans along with some Brits whose transit hubs stayed open that bit longer managed to get home. Which left us and another volunteer from the Isle of Man stranded along with three French girls.