July 14, 2015
We made a brief stop at Castaway Resort for some pizza and snorkeling. It was so worth it. The pizza was good, the staff welcoming and the snorkeling the best we’ve seen so far on Fiji’s west side (having only been to a few of the Mamanucas).
In truth, the snorkeling, as pictured above, was not as good as the images make it look. It was nice, but our wonderful Olympus Tough makes things look better than real-life. I also have a new version of Photoshop with some great new tools including a dehaze filter that’s perfect for UW photos. (For years, I’ve used an old version of Photoshop because I couldn’t bring myself to pay the huge price tag for an updated version. Now, Adobe is “leasing” the program for about $120 US per year, and that includes all the updates you can eat!).
On the map below (a fully functional Google map), you can see where we snorkeled, as well as where we anchored. This guy below was in the pass. The pass looked like it would be good snorkeling on Google Earth but it was actually pretty dead.
Our Anchor Waypoint: 17° 43.809′ S, 177° 01.707′ E
The water around the island was beautiful…
Below are some pictures in and around the resort with the requisite umbrella drink and food shots…
Note: While they do welcome cruisers, Castaway Resort did ask that we call ahead in the future and make a reservation. The reservations manager is Pauliasi Delana at 679 666 1233 or resmanager@castawayfiji.com.fj.
