Fiji - Day 3

For the first time on this third day we enjoy a vacation day doing something we've previously dreaded: nothing! We venture out to Goji for the breakfast buffet, Fish Bar for lunch, and Lagoon Restaurant for an Italian dinner. The remainder of the day we try something new: relaxing. CJ reads his first book in decades.

We enjoy the Fijian staff spontaneously burst into song from time to time. The are such a welcoming and happy people. 

Instead of hailing a buggy, we take a leisurely stroll back to our bura, past the swimming pool.

It is a huge pool with walking bridges over it.

We enjoy watching the birds.

Otherwise, we enjoy reading on the veranda and having a long discussion with our favorite heron. We get up, walk around, open and shut the slider, and nothing fazes it.

The tide is larger than we expected. It must be four feet. We pass the day watching the tide, watching our fish, and watching men clean the bura ladders.

Men are cleaning the bura ladders.

Carol tests the water for a swim. How warm must it be for her to venture in?

That narrow vertical thing is a louvered window. If accidentally left open it provides a view into the shower from the boardwalk. Bare butts anyone?

One can tell by the barnacles on the pilings the size of the tide. This picture is nearly at low tide, not the base of the ladder above water in the background.

It is high tide. Note only two inches of the vertical rail remains above water.

And more than half the ladder is submerged.

Before departing for dinner, we enjoy a brilliant sunset light show.