My early night once again resulted in me waking up pretty early by my standards, early enough to be well over an hour before breakfast. Instead of trying to go back to bed however I headed down to the beachfront where I curled up in a hammock chair thing and typed up a blog. This was all done as the sun rose over the neighboring island which made for a pretty idyllic setting. Soon after finishing it was time for breakfast, once again being a buffet like yesterday, although the fact I was like first up for breakfast meant I ended up having chocolate cake amongst other things for breakfast.
With many activities on offer once again today I opted to do the bush walk. This activity rotates between an island walk and a bush walk each day, although I am not entirely sure what the difference is. With just 5 of us turning up for the 9am start we set off with our guide who was carrying a machete to explore the island. I decided to go Fijian style for the walk too, going bare foot which is what everyone else did. The walk started by going through the area strictly marked as staff area before heading up to perhaps the highest point of the island which gave cracking views every so often in every direction. When up top perhaps the best view was a birds eye view of our resort below.
Continuing through the bushes which our guide was hacking away at with his machete, we headed down. The ground was covered in these small prickly things which were slightly painful on the feet although before long we reached the bottom which was just palm trees linking the sandy beaches either side of the island. These beaches were the more remote ones of the island which are only accessible by clambering over rocks. From here our guide took us across to the beach where I went tubing yesterday which was nice and sandy, before we followed this rock face along these rocks to the next beach.
After following the completely untouched beach ahead of us, we went out as far as this rocky outlet with views of the neighboring island to the south as well as out to sea. Whilst here however this bat colony awoke and made a racket at they swooped around above us! I also slipped over on the slippery rocks as we approached the point, although I only cut my leg in two places so it was ok. Heading back the same way, we got to a point where our guide snuck off without us noticing. When realising he was gone we soon found out he was using his machete to cut foot rests to climb a tree! What he was in fact doing was retrieving some coconuts for us.
After finally getting enough coconuts for one each, he chopped off the top of each one with ease with his machete, giving us the whole coconut to drink the juice. Under normal circumstances I dislike coconut although the fact it was so sweet made it so refreshing. We even got to scoop out the meat after, which once again was nice because of the sweetness. From here we headed across to the other beach through the palm trees. Instead of climbing back over the hill to the resort however we clambered over the rocks across to the beach the resort was on, arriving back after a good couple of hours exploring the island.
Playing rummy 500 with all the Danish people when getting back, it wasn't long before lunch was ready. Today I opted for the fish curry which was very nice. It has been nice to have curry so many times since being in Fiji. Come afternoon I finally got the chance to go Mantaray swimming, as signalled by the drums which they bang when sighting's are confirmed. Collecting a snorkel and rushing down to the beach, we were taken out to the main channel where they swim and it wasn't long before we saw them on the surface. To see these we had to go out in front of them, then wait for them to swim past, then fight against the current to stay with them.
Doing the aforementioned routine four times, I managed to see the Mantaray on two of the occasions. It was simply amazing snorkelling above such a massive sea creature, which seemed so calm about the number of people above it. I was unable to follow it though as the current was so strong I was paddling just to stay in one spot. In terms of the reef however, it was equally as stunning with more colourful corals than the barrier reef, although with less colourful fish to balance things out. I was glad to finally go out snorkeling with the Mantarays in the end as I was worried about missing out on seeing them!
When returning I headed to the quieter of the two beaches and sat and relaxed. It was however a tad too warm for me so after a while I jumped into the sea, although I soon realised that the rip tides were a little strong. Instead of overheating myself once again I instead headed back to go and play volleyball which was once again lots of fun. It was hilarious though this time as one of the gay workers played and the way he ran round was so funny! After the game finished I headed back over to the other beach to watch the sunset for one last time which as usual was a pretty decent sight. I this time managed to get pictures too which I was happy about.
By the time the sunset was over this was still in excess of an hour until dinner, although I ended up watching the rugby 7s which took me right through to dinner. Dinner this evening was brilliant once again being a soup followed by this spring roll based thing. For my main this evening I opted for the mackerel which was chosen after careful consideration. I would have picked the curry if I hadn't of had it for lunch. To finish off our last supper as a group, we got ice cream and fruits for dessert.
Come evening games were once again planned, the first one being a bit of crab racing. With a bucket full of crabs each of us had to pick one and mark it to say it was ours. The crab's were then placed in the middle of this circle and the first one out won. It was a good concept, however the sheer quantity meant no one actually remembered which crab was there's come the end! To follow this game, a couple of group games were played which were a laugh. To end the evening the four of us remaining from Feejee Experience just got together for one last drink to toast goodbye. Before long it was then off to bed for the last time in Fiji.
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