7am the Fiji Princess headed out of the bay and headed
southward. We watched the small islands we pasted while eating breakfast. Since we were unable to do our village dinner
visit, at 9am we stopped at the Yasawa Island High School on Naviti Island for
a tour. It is amazing that they did not have one computer. Not even for the
teachers!
After lunch onboard, a marine biologist joined us and talk to us
about the marine life, coral reef and conservation efforts that the Vinaka Fiji
have been doing I the Yasawas. We went in our tender boats to the reef of
Drawaqa Island. This was the best snorkeling I did this trip. My husband has an
underwater camera but I did not think to ask to use it when I took off without
him. Around 4 o’clock I had another first time experience and that was swimming
with large magnificent Manta Rays. When I jumped off the little tender boat,
one was swimming right towards me! I was lucky to jump off the right side of
the boat since some people later said they never saw them. I did not follow
that mantra ray but swam towards the group of people from our cruise to follow
another one for a while. It was a great experience before heading back to the ship.
Our last dinner was supposed to be on the upper deck but
once again because of high tide winds, we ate are has dinner together
inside. After dinner we had our
International guest show. Everybody represented their country with a song or
skit or poem. There was another couple from Florida and the four of us sang
“Take Me Out to the Ballgame”. It was a fun night and great way to end the
cruise activites.
Day 7
I took my last sunrise onboard the Fiji Princess ship but
since it had rained it was hard to find the sun. At 10am we were docking in Port Denarau to
disembark. Since we had some time, we walked around the shops in this port area
and then stopped in the Hard Rock for a soda. Late morning we took a taxi to
the airport and checked in for our 2pm small aircraft flight back to the Yasawa
Islands. Our 35 minute flight was a little bumpy but we landed on the grass air
strip just fine.
There was another couple on the plane that were checking into the resort, along with two employees returning to work. I do not believe there are any paved roads on this island. The road between the airstrip and resort was a little bumpy also and Erin, the owner who had come out to the airstrip to meet us, said they maintain it on their own. She tries to get the government to do some work on it but they just fly over and say it looks good to them. If they drove it, they might have a different opinion. Not sure how a dirt road looks from the air, if you can even see the pot holes.
Once you arrive at the resort (it was about a 10 minute
drive), you are greeted by staff singing a welcome song. You sit in the
reception area as you handle the paperwork. You are then walked by a staff
member to your bure. We had sub zero, furthest from the lobby but closest to
the beach.
We had requested a small
snack (since we missed lunch) be delivered to our bure. We sat in our deck
chairs both clicking away as we watched the sunset over the ocean. We were the
last people to arrive for dinner in the open aire restaurant. When there are
only 26 guess you are aware of this.
Even with a late (8pm) dinner, we were in bed by 10pm.
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