So we left rainy Vancouver behind us and took the "short" journey to Fiji - just a bus to Vancouver Airport, a three hour flight to LA, three hour stop over in LA, ten hour flight to Fiji (delayed by an hour because some idiot couldn't get to the gate on time), two hours to Port Denarau and 3 hours on a fast Cat to the Yasawa Islands and our first stop on Naviti Island - The Manta Ray Island Resort. After thinking like most normal people would, that we could pick up some suntan lotion at Vancouver Airport, we were gobsmacked when instead of a shop similar to Boots, we had the choice of a Christmas shop, a childrens toy shop or some other random pointless useless shops selling crap!!! Consequently, the three hour boat
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