here are some pictures of namotu, the island we stayed on. the second one is the entrance, as you pass through it you have to step into a pool of water that is fed from both sides by water falls that washes the sand off your feet. we hardly ever wore shoes on the island, just when i walked on chunkes of coral looking for shells. the next picture is taken looking at the back entrance of our bure and the final picture gives you an idea of how beautiful the beach was.

April 23

Big Day of surfing yesterday, two 2-hour sessions and the body feels a little bit tired today and stiff. Wow it was fun though! It is so wonderful to be in warm clear water. I surfed the lefthander by my self in the morning and got two really good waves that I felt like I was surfing the wave and not just riding my board. After that I went out at Wilkes for another session. It seemed pretty big to me, but as I was paddling back out Liam, one of the camp guys who is really good says to me “it’s pretty fun for being small”. Oh well!

All the staff here is really nice. Sereiana does a really nice job of arranging the flowers and I hope I can help her one morning. I tell you this place is 5 stars! The food is gourmet and lots of it. We have sashimi every night for hor dourves. (see first picture) Last night we had Wahoo. It was great.

I just love the tropics. I have been getting up in the night and walking out to the sand to look at the stars. I love the night sky.