Last days of Fiji

According to Tim, the second--in-command at the Blue Lagoon and Nacula Island native, everyone on Nacula is like familly. Or, in his case... actually is family.

We found out that the resort land is owned by a family in the main village -- Tim's family, naturally. The family worked out a deal with the owners to let them rent the land to build and operate on, so long as the resort gave the family dibs on employment. Which means Tim's version of "we are family" is much less tongue-in-cheek than we thought...but a pretty cool set up for them!

Ewan and I formed our own little family at the resort and found ourselves sharing all the communal meals and down time with the same cluster of people - two scottish couples, Joe/Jenna from Dundee who were coming to the end of their travels and gave us lots of tips on Auz and NZ., Chris and Emma from Aberdeen who'd spent the past two years in Sydney (and got engaged on the island!) and Tracey, a South African living in London and working for Disney. We all competed as the Bagpipe Bandits in a surprisingly competitive game of Survivor, and won a champagne breakfast on the beach the next morning! I was surprised that we even made it to the final rounds...Ewan was mainly surprised to find someone even more competitive than me (Emma was pretty aggressive at times, especially the coconut smashing!)



The weather wasn't cooperating towards the end of the week so we ended up signing up for loads of activities to keep ourselves busy. We went snorkeling and checked out a hard coral reef and discovered thatbaby sea horses really look more like baby sea worms, and saw tons of little Nemo fish at a soft coral spot.

We also went swimming in caves... and saw our first huntsman spider! AHH! Emma thought it'd be a good idea for me to see what i was up against before headig to Australia...but I'm pretty sure those beasts will never be routine to me. It was bigger than my entire head. And despite what everyone says I'm pretty sure it will eat me.

So... unless we get snatched up by a huntsman -- we'll check in next in New Zealand!!






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Location:Nacula Island