The trip last night was really easy. Seas were flat and there was little wind, so we just motored all night and arrived a few hours before sunrise. We hove-to until the sun came up so we could enter the bay at Also Island. The channel in was not well charted, so we almost ran aground trying to come in (1 foot under the keel).
We spoke with Jim on the radio before coming in and they happen to be having a welcoming breakfast for cruisers which we were invited to. So after quickly dropping anchor and preparing the dinghy, we went ashore and were served waffles and coffee while meeting all the cruisers there (3 boats), Jim, and his wife Kyoki.
We got a small tour of Jim's operation there. He is an American who has leased Also Island and set up a coconut oil manufacturing facility (along with a little store and a backpackers hostel) which has provided many jobs for local Fijians for the last 10 years. 
It is still in the development stage as they are looking for marketing options for their product. He is also looking for someone to take over the island and business (so if you are interested in running a business on your own Fijian island, send me a message!)
They are conspiracy enthusiasts here on Also Island, so we had a nice long chat afterwards about aliens, ghosts, government cover-ups, signs and prophecies, population control, geographical evolution, ghosts, and the supernatural in general.
Tomorrow, they are bottling some of this virgin, cold-pressed coconut oil so we are going ashore again to sample it. It is supposed to help fight Alzheimer's or something, I dunno, I can't remember.
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