A few photos from my visit in 2004

Here are a few photos taken back when I visited the island from October to December 2004
First though here is a good close-up map of Yadua:

Whilst on the island we lived in a camp at Nawaisevu Bay (just Waisevu Bay on this map)
This first photo shows the view out from the beacon (the highest point on the island) over Cukuvou Bay, with the edge of Yadua Taba on the left:

Next is a picture of part of the village of Denimanu:

The house with the red and green roof is the home of Anare (the head of the warrior clan) and behind is the bure (traditional fijian house) of his brother Jerry (who's family adopted me when I was living on the island)
Every sunday we would visit Denimanu and attend church with the villagers. It was sometimes pretty hard to sit through a whole sermon in a language we didn't understand in a hot stuffy building, but as a sign of respect to the locals we were happy to turn up, and the choir were fantastic. Here is a picture of a service:

On the right is the choir, on the left the village children and just left of the pulpit stands Ratu Jone, the enigmatic chief
I have so many more photos of life on the island to add to these, but I will have to sort through them all and get back to you with them later, but for now I'll close with a view out over the ocean from above Denimanu: