Last day in Fiji

We went over to another Island today (well an atol to be exact), although this one was much smaller.

Unlike bounty where we went the other day, this one (south sea island) was only about the size of half a football pitch.

Standing in the middle (with a bottle of Fiji Gold beer) you could easily see the sea on all sides. It was a bit worrying at first as you think that any big wave will swamp the whole place. All they have there is a hut that serves as a bar and a dive school - that's actually a bit grand as it's just all the gear scattered around on the sand.

Pinar seems to have conquered her feer of boats as for this one you can only get the main boat in so far, before jumping on a small (very small) landing craft to get ashore. This island was too small to even have pier so the boat lands on the sand. A bit like saving private ryan but hot and instead of bullets you just have to dodge the people with weaker constitutions!

We relcutantly fly to LA tomorrow night so we'll have to say goodbye to the south sea paradise after getting VERY comfortable here.

The climate is perfect but the only thing is the insect and sea life are pretty aggresive. Any bug or fish that can bite, scrape, nip, bump, tear or sting will have a good crack. The mozzies took a real toll on poor pinar, but left me well alone! Conversely, when we were underwater anything that could bite had a good go at me and left her alone, which I think is far more scary. She is covered in mozzy bites and i've got scrapes, cuts and fish bites all over, the most unerving of which was made by some weird fish that swam right up to my inner thight, but thankfully no further!