12 June 2011 (-1 in time zone):

I was lucky and caught the larger and more luxurious of the ships sailing the Apolima Strait - it even had air conditioning on a small crowded deck and a screen playing The Lion King movie on it! No matter which vessel takes you, a one way fare in 12 tala, about $5USD.

Rough notes:
http://mandarinmanmarktravelnotes.blogspot.com/2011/06/2011-nz-to-sf-day-30.html