TAVEWA, YASAWA ISLANDS, FIJI
I discovered why our resort is named "Sunrise" when I woke up at 6am and looked out the window to see the sun coming up over the ocean. What an awesome view.
After breakfast Chris and I again took the path across the island to do some snorkeling at the Blue Lagoon. As Captain Jack from the Bahamas told me last night, the reef here isn't that spectacular--mostly dead coral, with limited visibility--but there were a good number of fish, along with some soft corals and anemones. I saw most of the same fish as I did on our day cruise, plus a few others: sweetlips, grouper, trunkfish, cornetfish, moorish idols, and an orange-lined triggerfish.
We were only able to book one night at Sunrise, so after lunch we checked out and were taken by water taxi to a different resort on a different island: the Coral View resort on Tavewa, just across the Blue Lagoon from Nanuya Lailai. The facilities here are slightly better, and the bures are on a nice stretch of grass, but the beach in front of them is pretty rocky.
After walking halfway around the island, we discovered that the nice sandy beaches are on the south side, along with a couple of other resorts and a dive shop. At the southwest point of Tavewa, we came upon some high volcanic cliffs, which we climbed to take some pictures. The entire west side of the island is rocky and faces the open sea, so the big waves breaking here are really dramatic. Looking down as the waves crested, we could see the reef below, which looked to me like it would make for some great diving on a calm day.
The walk back to our resort was brutal, as it was incredibly hot and we hadn't brought any water. Luckily we reached Otto & Fanny's resort right as afternoon tea was ending, so we were able to grab some soft drinks and banana cake. (Afternoon Tea: Possibly the greatest holdover from Fiji's past as a British colony.)
At dinner, talked with some of the other guests, and were then subjected to "bula time," where the staff of the resort attempt to humiliate the guests by making us dance with them.
People met today:
I discovered why our resort is named "Sunrise" when I woke up at 6am and looked out the window to see the sun coming up over the ocean. What an awesome view.
After breakfast Chris and I again took the path across the island to do some snorkeling at the Blue Lagoon. As Captain Jack from the Bahamas told me last night, the reef here isn't that spectacular--mostly dead coral, with limited visibility--but there were a good number of fish, along with some soft corals and anemones. I saw most of the same fish as I did on our day cruise, plus a few others: sweetlips, grouper, trunkfish, cornetfish, moorish idols, and an orange-lined triggerfish.
We were only able to book one night at Sunrise, so after lunch we checked out and were taken by water taxi to a different resort on a different island: the Coral View resort on Tavewa, just across the Blue Lagoon from Nanuya Lailai. The facilities here are slightly better, and the bures are on a nice stretch of grass, but the beach in front of them is pretty rocky.
After walking halfway around the island, we discovered that the nice sandy beaches are on the south side, along with a couple of other resorts and a dive shop. At the southwest point of Tavewa, we came upon some high volcanic cliffs, which we climbed to take some pictures. The entire west side of the island is rocky and faces the open sea, so the big waves breaking here are really dramatic. Looking down as the waves crested, we could see the reef below, which looked to me like it would make for some great diving on a calm day.
The walk back to our resort was brutal, as it was incredibly hot and we hadn't brought any water. Luckily we reached Otto & Fanny's resort right as afternoon tea was ending, so we were able to grab some soft drinks and banana cake. (Afternoon Tea: Possibly the greatest holdover from Fiji's past as a British colony.)
At dinner, talked with some of the other guests, and were then subjected to "bula time," where the staff of the resort attempt to humiliate the guests by making us dance with them.
People met today:
- Peter and Teri from Germany, both of Czech heritage. She's visiting him here for a few weeks, then he's going on to travel for several months in Australia, New Zealand, etc.
- James and Gemma from Southampton, England. I talked to them about traveling in Thailand (they were just there), and British and American politics.
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