Fiji: Mantaray (19-20 April 2010)

19 April 2010

A brilliant first evening at Mantaray, not least because the food here is the best we have had in the islands. There were actual courses. Creamy pumpkin soup flavoured with cumin, pesto, feta and roast vegetable tart and savoury chicken crepes with mashed potato and steamed vegetables. After that, we stayed up late playing cards. I think it's becoming an addiction since I didn't get to bed until 3am (although that might have been more to do with the flowing rum than the cards)? Took an age to swipe all the dead insects off my bed, check for lurking geckos with the feeble light of my head torch and wrestle my mosquito net down over the top bunk, but after that I slept remarkably well, for the three hours until breakfast that is.

20 April 2010

Yet more rain. Had a very productive morning though fashioning jewellery out of coconut shell, accompanied by the activities organiser who kept disappearing only to return a few moments later strumming a guitar and singing Jason Mraz with a cigarette hanging from his mouth. After another delicous meal of fish goujons, aoili and salad, we hopped back on the boat and heading to our final island, Beachcomber, with everything crossed for sunshine.