FIJI Day 5

It was a clear still morning so we went for a kayak trial followed by a snorkel before breakfast. After a read and a rest we packed a picnic again and flippers and snorkels etc and headed off to find the track entrance I had found on day 3. It did continue and rose up the ridge and across the top of the island and then descended to the other side at Picnic Beach as we suspected. Along the top of the island there were cassova and banana plantations in obvious farm type situation in the bush. We kept moving in the direction we thought Picnic Beach would be, following what looked to be a track. The descent to the beach was very steep.

The snorkelling was fantastic in clear water amongst the multicoloured coral forest with millions of tropical fish in brilliant colour. I had never snorkelled before this holiday and struggled a bit with water getting in the pipe but  I improved as we went and Lib just loved it. She's a good swimmer and snorkelled as a kid.

Again we had the beach to ourselves. Finding the track back was difficult to start off but once going up the steep rise there was no problem discerning the route. It was a difficult climb and it was easy to lose footing and slip. It was only an hour or so each way but due to the steepness down to the beach and the climb back up it was not something you'd do every day, at least not at our stage of life.




Lib on track across island

Lib on Picnic Beach