With suitably low expectations we got off the bus and walked towards our latest resort.

We were pleasantly surprised when the man on the gate greeted us with a smile, this continued with the receptionists who were also genuinely friendly and helpful. Our beds were in a bure (pronounced bur-ray) which is the general name for anything from a traditionally built lodge to a glorified shed depending on the resort. Ours was nicely finished and contained 7 beds. At tea, where we were both hungry for a change, our food was apparently 'taking too long' so we were given a complimentary pudding. We'd assumed it was just general Fiji time as at Mango Bay it was sometimes over an hour between ordering and receiving our food! Quite apart from the free food we were just pleased to be treated with good customer service and a smile. That night we enjoyed having a very comfy mattress.

We had booked into the main dorm, so the bure was an upgrade, which was nice. We'd been moved because the Fijian U20 rugby team were having a pre U20 Rugby World Cup training camp at the resort and staying in the dorm. At meals we often sat on an adjacent table to them and were staggered at how much food they ate. In the evenings they practiced songs to perform at the world cup and on our last night they did a performance of 3 songs and a war dance to all the guests as a rehearsal. It was really funny just how shy they all were of singing in front of us, they may be big and muscly but they were apparently big girl's blouses at heart!

We enjoyed the comfortable sun loungers and the warm sea. I learnt to dive below the surface with a snorkel and then clear the snorkel so I could continue to breath but on the second day I saw some small sea snakes coming out of the sand and I didn't go back in after that.

One evening a man walked past holding a snake. Anna was suitably scared but then showed some interest and actually went and touched it!!!! It was a Pacific boa with a brown back and orange belly (which was apparently unusual colouring). It had been found in the wild and the locals had pulled its fangs out by giving it a yank as it bit a vine. Apparently this type of snake is rare as locals don't like snakes and kill them, as do introduced mongooses.

Nearby there was also a touristy village. We looked around the tacky gifts and made use of the small supermarket which had a useful selection of things but the world's slowest service.

We spent 3 nights there which was about right as we were beginning to run out of things to do by the end. We booked onto the Coral Sun Express and on our last morning caught the coach back to Nadi. At least we tried to, once we got on it instead of pulling off it stopped and we were told that it was broken. They sorted a minibus instead and then, at the second attempt, set off back to Nadi.