Fiji

On the morning we were departing for Fiji we had to wake early and do some last minute packing. The night before hand we had booked a cab to take us to the airport at about 7:20. After we had checked in, (which didn’t take long at all), we sat and waited patiently to be boarded on the plane. I took some small lollies on the plane to suck on. The names of the lollies were Nerds. They are small sweet lollies. Unfortunately, they didn’t last me very long, so I took some small snakes to suck on from mum. When we landed we got off the plane and got our luggage. Dad took some Fijian money out of the bank and bought some beer. We have friends in Fiji that run a water-sports company next to a resort. They met us at the airport and took us to their house next to the beach. They have two children, but when they came to meet us the didn’t bring them. I later found out that they were playing with their friend, Linea. When we arrived at their house we took the bags in, went to the beach, played in the water when Zalen, Zahnee and Linea arrived and got squirted with web from a Black sea cucumber. That night we went to a Chinese restaurant and had lots of food. Next morning we went out to the market in Laotoka (a large village), had lunch, bought some supplies for going to Malolo and went to some other shops before going back to the house. We took longer than we planned so it was about 2:00 when we set of in a small speedboat of Zac’s to Malolo Island Resort. I will never forget the ride there. Because it was late in the day the sea was getting quite choppy, so about every 2 seconds we went up on a wave and then came down with a BANG! Mum was in the middle at the back the whole time we were BANGING she was getting soaked. Amazingly, Jarra slept through the whole thing. Rennie and I didn’t get wet at all. Rennie curled up in her life jacket like a turtle and I snuggled down in a corner of the seat. Dad sat at the front trying to put a bit more weight there. When we finally got to Malolo a porter came and took our bags. A lady came down to us and gave us shell necklaces. The lady took us up to the bar, gave us fanatic drinks and then some washers with mint on them. We got settled in, found out that it wasn’t a hut like we expected but a small hut about 20 metres from shore, saw Rick and Jane and then went to the pool. The pool was quite good. The water was salty. That night, we had dinner at the bar and then Jarra, Rennie and I went to the kids club where we made some friends and saw Garfield The Movie. That night I didn’t sleep very well. Next morning, I had breakfast, went to kids club with Rennie and Jarra and played games there. Later that Afternoon Mum, Rennie and I went snorkelling on the beach outside our hut and saw many colourful, tropical fish. Although there were many great fish there was not much colourful coral. When we were out snorkelling, Rennie got into a bit of trouble. Mum went to help her and cut herself very badly indeed. It has healed now but is still very tender. On the end of the Beach there were excellent rocks for climbing on. On the day of the wedding I woke up feeling exited. That afternoon about 30 people gathered on the beach for the wedding. Our friend Rick, who was getting married, started crying when Jane, his wife, sent him a necklace. But the absolute best thing was after the wedding. When it started to get dark we all went up to the restrant, not the bar, and it was amazing. It was a total FEAST!! There were prawns, steak, sausage, onion, salad, chicken, vegdables, and every thing delicious you could imagine. The steak was wonderful but the deserts were so nice I had to leave some. The meal was called a Buffet. The morning we were leaving for the mainland we had a Buffet breakfast. It too was great. That morning we went into Kids club and I watched the fourth Harry Potter until the second task. Rennie thought it was scary. To be continued ...