Got up very early on 11 August in anticipation of my trip to the Yasawa Islands. A couple of days previous, I had spent 30 minutes with a travel agents planning which islands to go to, which resorts to stay at and determining how much it was all going to cost. I decided to go to Tavewa, Matacawalevu, Naviti and Kuata. I was being picked up at 7:50 am. The coach dropped us off at a place called Denarou, where the 'big yellow boat' called the "Yasawa Flier"...

I arrived at Nadi at about 06:00am and Daniel was waiting at the airport for me to take me back to the hotel. He tells me that I only have a couple of hours until the car will be arriving to take us to the boat to the Mamanucas. I have just enough time to repack my big rucksack into something smaller, get changed out of my smelly airplane clothes and get some breakfast down me before the little Fijian shouts out "Mana Island!" We grab our bags and all the ...