I thought Beqa Lagoon was spectacular, but Matamanoa Island has just blown me away. To get here, we took a little boat from Beqa back to Viti Levu, drove 2 hours to the marina in Nadi, then an hour on a bigger boat, and then finally stepped onto a little glass bottom boat to get to the shore. During the car ride, our driver, an Indo-Fijian named Kumar, stopped at a craft shop so that we could get souvenirs (also run by Indo-Fijians), as well as a furniture factory called Pacific Green with beautiful palm furniture. There is only one resort on Matamanoa, and the place is gorgeous. Sandy white beaches (when the tide is out), and our little bure sits on the side of a hill overlooking the water and facing west. We have a
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