This morning we checked out of our rooms just after 9 and we had a few hours to kill before the ferry departed at about 1:30 so we sunbaked and went for a swim.
The ferry journey took under 3 hours and we spent the whole time soaking up some sun on the top deck.
We arrived at 4pm and wow it is so crazy beautiful here!!!!! A 'fijian warrior' was dancing at top of a giant rock to greet us when our boat arrived.
These cascading rocks everywhere. The views are just incredible. Our little home is so cute and we have our own bathroom whoho! With an outdoor shower with a lot of spiders in it haha
Near the dining area and pools there are the most picturesque views. Check out the hammock.
We walked up some steps to a picnic table sunset view. The sunset tonight was by far the most beautiful so far. A man came up and started playing the violin, felt like something out of a movie.
We had a wine and a buffet style dinner. Then we went down to the beach for a bonfire and had a singalong with one of the locals with a guitar.
Once back in the room I had to remove the ginormous huntsman for Laura from the shower which was hilarious but also terrifying haha
We fell asleep with moths falling on us, lizards climbing across the ceiling and this very strange bird noise coming from various places in the roof.
Slept for almost 12 hours last night! After a huge breaky we went for a little hike to a lovely view point! It was definitely worth the hike up. We saw rainbow coloured skinks a long the way.
Then we went for a big snorkel along the reef off the beach. It was sooo much better this time as the visibility was amazing and it was high tide.
At 2:30 we went for a boat/snorkel trip! The coral was so different which was really cool to see. We went to two locations which was awesome.
Tonight is our last night here at blue laggon resort as we are catching the ferry to Barefoot Kuata tomorrow which is a 3 and a half journey back down South.
We enjoyed our last amazing dinner having pork belly yummmmo.
Today we didn't have to get up and go anywhere so we slept into 8am. We had a very slow start to the morning sunbaking and reading.
At 2:30 we went for our Village Visit, only a 10minute boat trip away.
It was amazing to see how a traditional village looked and functioned. The village has 400 people who live there and it has a Chief and a Spokesperson.
We walked through the village looking at all the different kind of buildings. We went into the church where the Choir sang some songs for us.
From here we went to this large building where there was about 20 people singing and dancing for us. They presented all of us with flower necklaces. We got up and danced with them too!
They women set up a marked for us to buy souvenirs.
Then we went to the school where the boarding house children sang songs for us. The school is 70 years old and has students from all 4 schools on the yasawa islands.
The kids here are just way too cute!!
After 3 hours at the village we arrived back in time for tonight's sunset.
Tonight's dinner was a BBQ buffet. We ate wayyy too much and had an early night.
This morning we went to some Caves called Sawa I lau caves! It was a 30 minute boat trip from our resort. They were beautiful!
The first one was open in sunlight but the second one you had to dive under water, under the rock, hold your breathe and follow the torch light and then the guy would tap you on the head when you could come up safely! Then it was completely dark on the other side. The guide started banding on the side of the cave which made a loud booming noise just to freak us out! It was a little spooky haha but I'm proud of my self for diving under.
Fearless Laura followed the guide with 1 other person, rock climbing up the side of the inside of the cave. She appeared about 15 minutes later on the other side really high up!
They crawled through tiny spots. The guide called it the pregnancy test because you had to crawl through such a small space!
When we got back we went for a walk and saw so many beautiful flowers.
After lunch we went stand up paddle boarding! It was the first time I'd ever tried it and to my surprise I didnt fall in once!
We spent the rest of the afternoon swimming and sunbaking. Had a lovely nap too.
The snorkeling isnt very great off the beach. Although there is a large reef, most of the coral is dead from the tourist and the water is really churned up from the boats.
We watched such a beautiful sunset tonight. Every other night had been too overcast.
Once it was dark we went for a night snorkel! It was cool to see the reef in the dark but hard to see things even with the guide pointing things out. The coolest thing was seeing the bioluminescence! That was incredible. We did see some fish, squid, shrimp, worms, Indian starfish and a stingray!
After dinner we watched crab racing that raised money for the local community.
We checked out of our rooms this morning at 9am and hung around in the dining area until 11am where we had a beautiful farewell by the staff singing and playing the guitar. They all shook our hands and wishes us well. We were sad to leave!
It was super windy all day today and rained a lot last night!
We caught the ferry at 11:45 to our next Island, Blue lagoon! We arrived at 2pm and had a late lunch. It is a lot fancier here and we have our own room this time but with a shared bathroom. But the bathrooms have hot water whohooo! It's more of a family resort here and a lot bigger then Barefoot Manta so although fancier it hasn't got the same kinda vibe but it is still amazing. They have a giant inflatable course/slide that we had far too much fun off. We went for a snorkel but it was quite foggy.
The water here taste incredible!
Fijian choir before dinner. Sooo many tasty dinner options!
We had an amazing 4 course meal for dinner!
Its movie night under the stars and we got to vote by adding a piece of fruit into a basket under the name of the movie we wanted! We sat on bean bags and ate popcorn, can live get any better?
