Pick up the camper today which is awesome! Such an upgrade from the hippy and load more room! As we are self cointained ( we have a tiny chemical toilet which we could use but never will) it means we don't have to pay for cam sites which is great news in our financial situation! We have a quick look round Auckland and buy some warming clothes as we are so unprepared then it's a super cheap shop at woolworths which for some retarded reason the call countdown here!...

The last day on manta was chilled and we were sung to as the boat drove off as song that they said was a sad to see you go song but sounded just like the welcome song, and the one they sing at dinner! 4 hours later we arrive back at the port. My bags off first but Elliot's is no where to be seen, we wait until everything's been cleared off but still nothing, the host takes us to the office who calls all the resorts but noone has seen it, she tell us she will call...

So they found Ell's bag on some random island and said it would be back in the port at midday. Our flight was at 2pm so this was not ideal, being as poor as we are we decided to get 2 local buses back to the port instead of a taxi, not the best idea first of all we were charged 5% more for being white then it took us all round these tiny villages totalling 2 hours to do a 10 minute can journey! Although seeing the villages was pretty cool so different to the isla...

Next stop is manta ray resort where we will spend Elliot's birthday, this ferries is considerably longer and we arrive just in time for lunch which is excellent no more buffet yay! And we check in to our tree house more sunbathing and relaxing before dinner and another dance show, surprisingly everyone is in bed by 10 on this island no wonder beachcomber is the party island. We don't mind the early night as we are told the manta swim can be anytime after 6am and ...

The first boat is pretty quick only 45 minutes and brings us to the first island: beachcomber this one is meant to be the party Island which is why we chose it but it also really beautiful! It's tiny you can walk from one side to the other in 5 minutes and just has the one resort, we check in to our 10 bed dorm which actually only has one other person on it, not sure if this is good or bad at the moment. Meals are buffet style but have a good range of food we hav...