The sun is hot here in Fiji and a reapplication of SPF 45 sunscreen is required at least every hour! While laying at the beach with Sara, Gabe, and Mike we talked to a lady from England who has been traveling over 10 countries for the past 8 months. She worked at her job for 6 years, saved up money, and then quit her job to travel.
Henry, a worker at Mango Bay found a ripe coconut for us, cracked it open and shared the milk and flesh with us. It was pretty tasty! A small group decided to go see a waterfall and jump off of it, but other than that, relaxing is what we mostly did. We also went kayaking along the shoreline while it was high tide and so we rode the waves. Unfortunately I couldn't see any tropical fish, maybe next time.
For the record, napping in the sun for 2 hours is never a good idea, especially when we are this close to the equator! While walking along the beach, Sara and I saw a few blue starfish at low tide. One was stranded on the dry beach and he was shriveling up so we defied nature and helped the little fellow out and put him back into the ocean where it was cool.
That night we all dressed up, had a few drinks and they had a Limbo contest for us at the resort. For the record, I am not flexible at all, but apparently i can arch my back really far, because I won the entire contest, haha. The prize was a free drink called "the devil." Let's just say, I've tasted better things. The remainder of the night was filled with dancing and a bonfire on the beach.
One more day in Fiji, and at 3am we had to be all packed to take the bus back to Nadi to catch our flight at 7:30am to Auckland.
The 9th was Sara's 21st birthday! We enjoyed some Mango & Banana daiquiris on the beach. Yum! For dinner, the resort decorated a long table for us and lit candles. Some people ate the tuna they caught the day before. During dinner some of the natives from the nearby village came to perform dances and songs for us. They were in beautiful costumes decorated with flowers. They made an announcement wishing the group from the US farewell and thanked us for coming to their beautiful island. It was a very nice performance. We got some pictures with the dancers too.
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