To get from Vanua Levu to the island of Taveuni you can take take big car ferry. There are 3 sailings per week. But it cost 35 FJD one way. I found other solution: bus to Buca Bay and then junk ferry to Somosomo (what a names!) They said that bus is departing from Savusavu plaza daily at 8am. OK. I was there quarter in advance… No bus till 8.30. We organized with other people a pickup. 70 FJD divided by 10 people travelling packed like sardines on gravel, bumpy road. Road through the lush jungle – it is not civilized Viti Levu!
We were on time on the lonely jungle jetty in
Buca Bay. It was not a ferry waiting there for us to board… Old, junk, timber-made boat…
They charged just 7 FJD only for the 1,5 hour passage from the only European on board. The local people are great – everybody wants to help you! Smiles, talks and great views of Somosomo Strait. Now I am on the Taveuni Island. The 180 deg. meridian is crossing the island just one km west of my hotel. It is – at least in theory the data line. So I can celebrate the arrival of the New Year twice: each time on the other side of the data line…
