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Published: February 17th 2012
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Friday 17th February:
Today I have a dilemma with our travel blog: two days ago I prattled on about how
wonderful American Samoa was. Today I want to prattle on about how wonderful Fiji is.
But as they are both Pacific paradises I hope you will forgive me adoring yet another
place in this corner of the globe. Cunard virtually rented an island today and it was
utterly perfect. Beachcomber Island is a little sandy outcrop sitting on top of a coral
reef so the snorkelling was stunning. Neither of us has ever seen such a varied reef
before so the coral life was magnificent and the fish even more so. Clown fish, angel
fish, tiny fish in petrol colours, big fish with every type of artwork on them that you
could imagine: spots, stripes, dark colours, blended colours - just about everything
your eyes could wish to feast on. The sea was crystal clear and just a shade cooler
than your body temperature so lovely just to step straight into. We also went out on a
small boat to feed some of the fish by hand which was a bit of fun. We ate local food -
another pig cooked in an underground oven - and were treated to some amazing local
dancing including some OMG fire dancing. Oh and the cutest little tot imaginable in a
hula hula skirt dancing with her mum.
Goodness only knows what the temperature was today - even the Captain warned everyone to
splash on the sun screen. Which we both did. But both of us got a bit of sun burn on
our heads so brushing our hair is decidedly not nice tonight!
Richard has now increased his collection of tropical style shirts by 2 more today and
both of them were made here in Fiji and are loud and lovely. A bit like him really!
We can settle down to 2 days at sea now before arriving in Auckland, New Zealand on
Monday morning.
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