Paradise Again!
Trip Start
Sep 15, 2007
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Trip End
Oct 10, 2007
Mana, Fiji
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
01 Castaway Island
02 View from Castaway Island
Aaahhh, I have finally found the Fiji I was looking for. Here there are endless white sandy beaches. The color of the water here has so many stunning shades of blue that I find it hard to believe that it is real!! From this island I was able to visit the island where the movie Castaway was filmed. Strangely I felt somewhat obligated to go there. The island was absolutely gorgeous, not a bad place to be stranded for a while! Shoes here are optional so I forgot to bring my flip-flops along. Of course once I was there I wanted to climb to the top! I wonder how many Fedex employees can say they have climbed to the top of that island...barefoot...in a bikini?!
03 Traditional dancing
04 Traditional dancing
I also got to do a beautiful dive from here. Lots of sharks and coral a brilliant shade of purple like none I have ever seen before. This island is not that big, I was able to walk around the whole thing in about 2 hours. In the evening the hostel put on some traditional dancing for us.
05 Crab races
06 Crab races
One night we also had some hermit crab races. The basic idea is to bet on a crab and once all the crabs have been spoken for they the race begins. They are put in a small circle and the first crab out of the outer circle wins the race. Whoever bet on that crab wins some sort of prize-beer, massage, etc.
