After a morning hike over to the Blue Lagoon and some snorkeling, we took a small boat to our next resort, Coral View, on Tavewa Island. There weren't many people staying there when we arrived, maybe less than ten. We met a real nice couple, Peter and Theresa (Terry) from Germany. Peter was going to be traveling for about 6-months though what would become the traditional route - if you start in Fiji then New Zealand, Australia, Bali or Singapore to SE Asia and then to Hong Kong. After that many people would be returning home or going to widely different destinations.

In the afternoon we took a hike to the other side of the Island. There were some incredible volcanic rock formations that we climbed all over and got some great views. Including a look at what looked like a great snorkeling area just beyond huge breaking waves. We got to explore that later on.

We had "Bula" dancing the first evening at Coral View. Then they had the guest join in a "statue" dance. They would start then stop the music and each time it stopped you had to freeze your movement and your facial expression. Quite humorous! Then they would add you had to stop on only one foot and other variations to help eliminate down to the final winners. The Fiji staff seemed to enjoy the dance as much or perhaps even more than the guests.

We started drinking rainwater at Coral View. They collect rainnwater in huge green plastic tanks that are feed from gutters on the roof of one of the buildings.