Beautiful one day....perfect the next!

We arrived after a direct flight of 5 hrs from Adelaide.
The weather was warm and inviting. Our first night was booked in the Tanoa International at a really cheap rate from Oz.
Up early the next morning and it was off to the Yasawas. First stop Manta Ray, about 3 hours by the Yasawa Flyer (also known as the big yellow boat)

It was amazing that a couple of people who worked in the resort remembered us from 2 years earlier. Dinner was great, and we met a lot of nice people who were travelling for about a year already. (Definitely our plan for the not too distant future). If you ever go, say hi to the gay bar tender Isac, he is a real character and hillarious. As the night wore on and the music got louder and the kids more boisterous, it was time to head off to bed - I know, fuddy duddies.

After a couple of days it was time for the next destination, a homestay in Malevu with Toye and his family. As we were waiting to be picked up, we were informed of an impending tsunami and we were about to travel to the next island in a small long boat - OMG! Luckily nothing happened. We were so well looked after with fabulous cooking and warm friendly people. We stayed in a bure with the family, and went to church with the locals, and their singing was the best I've heard so far.

A few days later we were travelling back down to Waya Lai lai where we stayed in a fabulous new place called Naqalia Lodge. The couple next to us were on their honeymoon, a fijian minister and an eskimo minister - talk about different ends of the earth... lovely people though. When they were ready to leave, the seas were a bit rough, and the resort women went into the water up to their armpits just to help them get into the rocking boat. The following day was beautiful and calm for our journey back to the main land.

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