Today the sun was definitely back to full strength, so we spent the day by the pool, sunbathing, reading and swimming - it was tough, but we made it safely through to tea time. After a few games of chess (Laura - 1, Dave - 1 plus 1 draw!) we got ready for dinner - buffet night! Definitely one of the best meals of the week - pasta, rice, steak, chicken, fish, salad - all very tasty! After dinner, we watched another Tri-Nations rugby game (getting into this rugby ...

This morning we had a lie-in (got up at 8:45 which is a lie-in in Fiji!) until it was time for our Champagne breakfast! Our table was laid out for us on the verandah, and we enjoyed our cereal, fruit, scrambled egg on toast and champagne! No sausages or bacon, but still pretty good! Today the sun looked like it would finally make an appearance after 3 days of rainy weather, so we headed to the beach and spent the morning there. I went in for a snorkel but the se...

Today Nicky and Duncan left Octopus to go to another island, so after breakfast we exchanged email addresses with them and waved them off when their boat left at 11am (trying to sing along with the traditional Fijian goodbye song!). It's really good meeting all these people but it's sad when they leave :( The weather was still bad (3rd day with no sun) so we hung around near the bar til lunchtime. At lunch we sat with Hannah and Johnny and a new arrival - an Eng...

Today we woke up to more rain, but the resort didn't seem to lose any of its charm, even in the bad weather. After breakfast, we had booked to go on a visit to a school at Yalobi Village, so we headed down to the dive shop at 9:30am. There was a bit of a delay setting off beacuse the boat they were going to use wasn't working, so we had to wait for another boat to come from the village to take us. Eventually, we set off on the choppy Ocean towards the village wh...

Today we had a dive in the Ocean booked for 11am so after breakfast we relaxed in the hammocks before heading to teh dive shop to get our gear (including wetsuits!). We were in the boat with 3 other qualified divers who were diving with a different instructor. Kuki and Simon, the boatman, helped us get our equipment on when we got to the dive site then showed us how to get in the water - sit on the edge of the boat, one hand covering mouthpiece and front of mask...