The Blue Lagoon - Night 149

Promptly arriving at 7am, the shuttle bus was filled with passengers anxious to get off the mainland and out into the small islands west of Viti Levu. I had booked a six-day/five night package visiting two island sand offering two nights on a boat. The first five day would be spent in the Yasawa Islands with a day sailing adventure to the Mamanucas at the end of the trip.

View from the Boat

For the first two nights I’m booked at the Sunrise Resort on Nanuya Lailai Island, the absolute last stop on the boat route. We departed at 8:30 and didn’t get to our stop until well after 1pm…though one can’t really complain about a five hour tour through calm tropical seas and amazing island scenery. The resort sent out two small aluminum fishing boats to collect the seventeen passengers and our luggage. We were a diverse group. Introductions revealed that we were made up of citizens of Ireland, Spain, England, the Netherlands, Canada, Israel, Turkey, and, of course, America.

Snorkeling in the Blue Lagoon

After a weak lunch offering, the English, the Irish and I hiked over to the other side of the island to snorkel in the famous Blue Lagoon, apparently the setting for the movie of the same name. The walk was rough, especially in sandals, but was well worth the effort. The reef in the lagoon is absolutely amazing. Just a few feet below the surface lies acres and acres of coral all teeming with multitudes of strangely shaped and oddly colored fish. It is not hard to spend

Drinking Kava by Candlelight

hours with your head in the water contemplating the wonders of nature. We returned in time for a large communal dinner cooked in an underground oven (the traditional Fijian way). Chicken, salad and three different types of Taro, a potato like tuber native the island. At night, we sat around drinking Fiji Gold and Kava (purportedly a slight narcotic made from crushed tree roots) with the village men.

What I Learned Today: Even the most confident of people have a slight fear of public speaking.

written by

exumenius on March 7, 2008 from Suva, Fiji

from the travel blog: Kiwis and Kangaroos

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