# 29a Suva, Fiji

We arrived at Suva, Fiji on Thursday, 30th September, after a good 4 day passage from Tonga. The first night was very rough with confused seas and then it steadily improved. We sailed through the Oneata Passage (Lau Group) in light winds early Wednesday morning and we crossed the International Dateline at 2125 that evening. We are now on the eastern side of the world.


We dropped anchor in Suva harbour at 1500 Thursday and cleared in (we thought). Next day we had to visit customs to complete a form, then we had to get a cruising permit, then pay for the health check on the boat. This pretty well took up the whole day!



The local market was amazing and the biggest we'd seen. Nani bought 7 mud crabs for A$25! Suva is a very busy city and all local produce and eating out is fairly non expensive.