arrival in paradise

April 22

We arrived in Fiji yesterday. here is the van loaded with everyone's surf board as we leave from the airport. i am sorry it is on it's side i will have to perfect my blogging. We are staying on a small island called Na Motu, which is about a 15-minute boat ride from the mainland. We can see the beautiful green hills from the back porch of our bure. A bure is a small cabin and we have an outdoor shower and toilet. We are about 50 yards from the beach and can see tavarua across the way.

This place is amazing!! I don’t know if I can do it justice in a description. First of all it is the tropics. The water is clear and turquoise, you can see the waves breaking on the reef all around the island. They have done a wonderful job in designing the little bures and the main areas. There is a lot of vegetation, which makes the close quarters, seems very private and surprisingly there are lovely sandy beaches.... i expected broken coral like we found in the tuamotues.

The food is gourmet. We had yellow fin sashimi last night and some lovely ceviche made with coconut milk. Liam caught a wahoo today. I hear it is great fish. He says they are the fastest fish in the ocean. Got some good lefts last night and this morning. I will let Greg tell you about his go outs.

First, let’s talk about Air Pacific, the skow of the airline industry. If you have a chance to fly it, don’t. And we have three more legs on this trip on this airline. Pray for us.

After all our ground transfers in Nadi, we arrived at the boat landing on the main island. As we were preparing to go out, the previous weeks guests were leaving. They were talking about 15ft surf. Crikey! When we got out there we figured that they were talking about how long the ride was cuz the waves weren’t that big. Thank goodness. But it was fun although we are a little stiff from all the fun of an Air Pacific flight.