Our last full day at the resort and I'm frantically trying to finish this stupid essay which I have left to the last minute as usual. 8 years as a Uni student and I have never managed to change my bad habits... Freddy drags me away for a 3 hour adventure to one of the nearby islands. It's the island where they filmed Castaway, and it's beautiful. A surprisingly choppy half hour boat ride gets us there and before long Pita is getting us to climb to the peak. A ju...

Unfortunately Freddy came back from his fishing trip very disappointed... 4 hours in a boat miles off land and no fish! This is the second time he's been deep sea fishing and both times gone home empty handed... He vows to never do it again, I heartily agree and remind him the experience is valuable. He's got to know Pita the captain well tho and we've been invited for a kava session for our last night. We spend the day relaxing, sipping cocktails and snorkelling...

After yesterday's drama, I can now relax in this idyllic paradise. The beach is crystal clear, snorkelling superb and staff is friendly. I finally got to SCUBA dive today and it was totally breathtaking! Jerry the dive master (funnily enough Dr Tikko's best friend!) and myself went down 15 metres and spent an hour under the sea. We saw 100s of beautiful fish of every colour and pattern but the standouts were a giant turtle and a metre long barracuda! Poor Freddy ...

Last night was by far the most heart-warming farewell I've ever had! La, Knox and Matilda joined Marilyn, John and me and mum at the Whale's Tale. Even Joanna, Epi and their adorable kids came along for the party! It was total magic, Eleni and Vika had a full house and Knox had organised a band. We danced, ate and drank all night. John made a beautiful speech, and I feel totally blessed to have had the opportunity to meet such beautiful people. It ended all to so...

Bumped into Nox on our way to work this morning who told told us James and Jess were climbing the peak with him at 2 - I nervously jumped at the chance to join! Nox politely informed mum it was "probably" a bit much for her. So off we went through the hilltop village of Baba, had a 'tour' of the weightlifting gym of Fiji's Olympians - pretty much a tin shed. As the concrete steps disappeared we hiked up through 45 degree inclines, clutching at vines and rocks for...