i love you fiji. the sunset and the crop burning fires on shore were competing that night.

wahooooo!

this is everywhere we have sailed since entering fiji on june 11.

so i shot this coney (much the same as a grouper) and bam! literally 10 seconds later a white tip reef shark is on the scene. he circles me and the fish for about 20 minutes before andy finally comes to rescue me in the dinghy. for those 2o minutes i retreated a little to the shallows of the reef as i watched the shark hone in on the speared fish. he made a few very close passes but was apparently too taken aback by the spear sticking out of it to take the fish. so when andy got there, i quickly made a dive down, grabbed the spear with the fish, swam up and threw the gun to andy as i jumped aboard. we then pulled in the fish before the shark munched. so we munched instead, and ate the fish for dinner. i am proud of this one for sure.