Robinson Crusoe - South Pacific Island 9
After a day back in Nadi, after nearly three weeks visiting the Mamanuca and Yasawas Islands, we headed off for Robinson Crusoe Island, just off the mainland.
Again we were greeted with a welcoming band, who gave a rather loud "Bula" cry upon our arrival! This island was great with some absolutely crazy staff constantly entertaining the guests.
Each night they do a welcoming Kava cermony and beach bonfire at sunset and tell everyone about the island. They also tell you how the staff there have more fun than the guests!!!
The snorkelling off the island wasn't great at all and the sea wasn't very inviting either! Fortunately they had a nice ice-cold swimming pool in which to relax by. Showers here were funny in that it was just a bucket with a shower-head attached to it, which you had to fill up each time and hope it doesn't run out before you're finished!!!
We went on a rather unusual fishing trip, named "Fish Drive." We were told it was fishing with a net and expecting it to be tied to the back of the boat as we went along, we were surprised when we found out that it was in fact done by holding the net straight and everyone banging sticks to scare the fish towards the net! This rather unusual method only netted us about 6 fish in total! The one I'm standing with in the photos certainly wasn't one of them, but in fact one that I caught earlier!!! Actually I'm just kidding, but the local guy who did catch it was a pretty short guy and the fish was almost the same size as him!!
One night at sunset we saw some guy named "Crab-man". His hobby was putting his hands down crab holes and digging out crabs! He did get some huge ones out, but the smaller ones he liked to hold in his mouth and let people photograph! We think perhaps the Kava had affected his mind somewhat!
Again we were greeted with a welcoming band, who gave a rather loud "Bula" cry upon our arrival! This island was great with some absolutely crazy staff constantly entertaining the guests.
Each night they do a welcoming Kava cermony and beach bonfire at sunset and tell everyone about the island. They also tell you how the staff there have more fun than the guests!!!
The snorkelling off the island wasn't great at all and the sea wasn't very inviting either! Fortunately they had a nice ice-cold swimming pool in which to relax by. Showers here were funny in that it was just a bucket with a shower-head attached to it, which you had to fill up each time and hope it doesn't run out before you're finished!!!
We went on a rather unusual fishing trip, named "Fish Drive." We were told it was fishing with a net and expecting it to be tied to the back of the boat as we went along, we were surprised when we found out that it was in fact done by holding the net straight and everyone banging sticks to scare the fish towards the net! This rather unusual method only netted us about 6 fish in total! The one I'm standing with in the photos certainly wasn't one of them, but in fact one that I caught earlier!!! Actually I'm just kidding, but the local guy who did catch it was a pretty short guy and the fish was almost the same size as him!!
One night at sunset we saw some guy named "Crab-man". His hobby was putting his hands down crab holes and digging out crabs! He did get some huge ones out, but the smaller ones he liked to hold in his mouth and let people photograph! We think perhaps the Kava had affected his mind somewhat!
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