Almost done in Savu Savu

Hey everyone!

On the 2nd I hopped on a local bus and headed for Mumu's. The resort in a place to picturesque for words to do any true justice. I felt like it was situated at a volcano that was once on the bottom of the sea for sharp rocks were everywhere, from the size of pebbles to huge boulders that reached high over the head. Set amongst them were nice little dwellings for one to sleep in. The dorm was full, so mumu gave me a good deal on my very own place.

The building wasn't much more than a shack but I can't complain one bit! It had a shower (brrrr cold!), toilet, and lots of windows open to the sea and crashing surf.

My room was a insectophiles heaven. I had all sorts of company in there, ants, cochroaches, big ickky spiders, moths, but nooooooo mosquitos!! so again, NOTHING to complain about. The sheets were clean, the room was really cute, and the staff were soooo friendly and sweet. Rosie is a phillipino lady who runs the place and Lo is her local helper. Lo is 22 and single (rare here) and she seems to have a really good head on her shoulders (doesn't drink grog-go figure). SHe was more than happy to take me on walks over the rocks by the sea.

At one point we walked a narrow ledge by the crashing surf and made our way up through a cave which narrowed and slanted upwards til we found ourselves on the other side back in the gardens above the resort. Here are some pictures of me walking about:

as i said, i had great views of the sea from my room, and spent many hours at the "pool house" watching the surf break on the reef, which at one point was really impressive. Sea foam sprayed high high in the air, birds reels and swooped after fish, and little crabbies scuttled everywhere....

I returned to town for a fabulous BBQ dinner at the Copra Shed (my new home away from home) and went dancing with a new friend I made here. The place played pretty horrible music, but I didn't let that stop me from getting my groove on. My Dutch friend was quite the dancer too, and soon we had all the locals up and dancing. It was actually only our fellow Europians who wouldn't dance because they "couldn't get into the music"...didn't let it hold ME back!!

Its off to Taveuni tommrrow, so who knows when I'll update next. Lots of lub to everyone!

Croftee