Naqalia Lodge Waya Lailai

... reef with Dad and the instructor for his first reef dive this afternoon. Very excited about that.

We had one day of rain but apart from that the weather has been great. Ethan has also loved snorkelling and has been on the reef pretty often. He has also befriended the boat guys and goes out every day with them to collect and dispatch new arrivals to the big boat in the bay.

We are also going reef fishing this evening so ...

We had to get the bus at 7.15am. Because the bus yesterday was late, we were not too bothered about it and casually had breakfast, patted the dog, checked out and went for the bus at 7.19am. The owner of our hotel informed me that we had missed the bus! We are supposed to be in Fiji time! Anyway a man took us on his car and sped off after the bus, which we caught up and got on. The bus took us to the port and it took 2 and a half hours to get to the Yasawa Islands. We passed lots ...

... waded out to the coral. The tide was pretty low, so when I started swimming I scratched my stomach over some coral, which I couldn't see due to the churned up water. It really hurt and now I have a strange row of scratches across my tummy. The snorkelling was good with lots of colourful fish different to the ones we saw in Asia, and David saw a stingray. Back on land my stomach looked horrific and was swollen due to the salt water ...

... ku Espalla ja Kaivarissa... HAUSKAA VAPPUA!!! Ps. Kiitos Tiiti kuvasta!

... Kai Fijiltä löytyy myös bungaloweja, mut ilmeisesti niitäkin kutsutaan faleiksi. Treasure Island on siis yli 5 hehtaarin kokoinen saari ja tääl on vaan tää yks resortti. Joku 60 falea, jotkut paritalo muodossa ja jotkut omakotitalo tyyppisiä. Löytyy myös kappeli häitä varten, tenniskenttä, minigolf, sukelluskeskus, uima-altaita, punttisali (nihee), jonkinlainen spa, iso ravintola/baari ja kaikki mahdolliset ...

... time, and are one of the most deadly fish in the ocean. pretty cool close up. one of the swedish guys cut his hand on some rusty metal, and being so deep below the surface it came out looking green because the light spectrum is so distorted at that depth. that was really cool, but we were suprisingly too tired to see the bomber too. it takes quite a toll on your body going alittle deeper. after that, it was just killing time until our trip back to the mainland.

... although it was only 10am, we gladly accpeted. sean just took a whole bottle to himself, which the crew though was worth a laugh. then you know what, things really picked up after that. everyone started to laugh at the abserdity of the situation and began to have a really good time. a bunch more passengers came over to hang out with us, and we all proceeded to get high-school drunk (or was it just me and sean? i cant remember now ...

We arrived on the 10th and were re-united with the Kai-leigh, Selena and Avril. Our bure was now a wooden shack with a thatched roof (and nice soap). Included in the stay were a guided summit walk (which it was too hot to take part in) and a snorkel trip. Phil, Chris and Sandra walked to the top and we waved when we saw them. They waved back but didn't realise it ...

Day 284 - 03/12/08 Last nights drunken antics led to a rather hazy and lazy day. Only had 2 hours sleep last night, God I feel rough! To add to the hangover I have the biggest mosquito bite ever on my back and that's saying something after past massacres. Not suppose to have any mosquito's on the boat due to being out at sea but last night a couple must have got into the dorm and as usual made a bee-line for me. Caught the catamaran from the Wanna Taka and ...

... a restaurant and bar that overlooked the beach and the sea and it was soo nice! As we approached the island, the people from the resort sung us a welcoming song, which we later saw they had to do about 4 times a day - they must get so bored!! We got shown to our bure (our little hut!) and it was really cute - they put flowers on your bed and around your bathroom every day and it was really nice! Our bathroom was half outside as well so you could shower under the ...