Each anchorage was populated by one or two other boats at most. This is the island of Taunga which was surrounded by turquoise water . We discovered that the Warwick chain of hotels is planning a big developement which is a bit sad.

Like many of the lagoons we visited, the coral is dead . The "Coral Garden's " between Vaka Eitu and Nuapapa was reasonably spectactular but this presumed that you could get through the break over the reef in one piece. Onlt 2 of us managed. I suspect the coral is so good because its inaccessible