Namata River

After lunch, I was so full that I sat down in a chair on the beach and fell asleep for about an hour haha. Very nice to relax but even though it was in the shade i definitely should have put on some sunscreen first oops! Also got a funny burn on my finger, where i usually wear my ring lol

After my little nap, I took a shower to wake up and cool down, put on my bathing suit and took a paddle board out! The paddle boards and kayaks are free to take out, but you can only do it at higher tide cause it’s so shallow, so I had to wait till later in the day to do it anyway.

A nice new big paddle board! I took it around the island, seeing lots of coral and fish and tons of sea cucumbers! Around the far tip of the island I went out exploring all the way to the edge of the reef, where it finally got a bit deeper. I didn’t get great photos of it but it was some of the most colourful and huge coral I’ve ever seen! Massive pounds of different types of coral in big mounds coming from the sea floor. And huge brain coral two or three times the size of the paddleboard! I wish I had gotten some photos of that specifically but so cool to see! On the way out I saw two stingrays (could have been the same one twice), a big blue fish the size of a small tuna, some clownfish lookalikes, and lots of blue sea stars. If it had been earlier in the day i definitely would have stayed out longer!! So cool! Dipped my toes in along the way, but didn’t go for a full swim out here

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I got back, and returned the paddleboard, before chilling more in a hammock for a bit. The sun was setting then, and the sunset was beautiful! The bats also came out, and a few of them were flying around the island. I went for a nice refreshing sunset swim before having dinner.

Chicken stir fry with rice for dinner tonight. After dinner, the staff were having some kava as it was one of their birthdays. I was invited to join so had a cup with them, before going off to call Sophie.

Got into bed nice and early, and even watched some tv in bed hehe. Although because it wasn’t raining the little winged termites are out and they are able to get through the mosquito net if they try hard enough. They disappeared eventually though, I think because all the geckos came out. The termites are annoying here (and throughout the pacific) cause there’s always termite droppings all over every surface, like little grains of sand, quite annoying on the bed.
But there’s geckos out everywhere now that it’s dark, and you can hear them in the night. They like to hang around the bathroom building and I got some good photos, so many of them!

It’s now not so early anymore, but a midnight bedtime still isn’t too bad, and hopefully another good sleep in the comfy bed to get up for breakfast tmr!

Overall a wonderful relaxing day with perfect weather!Read more