Another day, another couple snorkel sites at Rainbow Reef (Coral Garden and Storm Warning). The water was choppier today, which made it less enjoyable - mostly we were trying to not get separated from the group. It was a larger group today - five snorkelers, two free divers, two guides. Our new snorkels worked out well in the rougher water.
Today’s snorkeling was longer, we only got back in at 2pm. We rushed to have lunch cause we had booked a mini-excursion at 3:30pm, to see the International Dateline and a couple other highlights.
We needn’t have rushed cause it’s all pretty relaxed here. First we drove to the Catholic mission, a large stone church with original stained glass. There’s no pews - the congregation sits on the floor (we removed our shoes before entering).
Next we did the tourist thing at the International Dateline. Technically it’s the 180° longitude line, and not the dateline, but it sounds better for marketing. It is the furthest east and the furthest west I’ve been. Took pics with my iPhone to see what the GPS said. On the west side it registered -179.999987° and on the east 180.000000°, which was pretty cool.
On the way to the next stop, we passed by a tree where dozens of bats were asleep. I’ve never seen bats sleeping out in the open before (just in caves). I think it’s related to the fact there’s no predators on Taveuni Island.
The last stop was the Waitavala Sliding Rocks. Water erosion and moss have created a 50m long slide. On Sundays it’s crowded with kids enjoying themselves. Unfortunately there wasn’t anyone there when we visited.
On Fridays the resort has a kava night. Nakia is smaller than Oneta and so there were only 10 or so people drinking kava. We had a few low tide rounds (similar to Starbucks, there’s a whole new set of terms for small / medium / large; in this case it’s low tide / high tide / tsunami, with low tide about half a coconut shell).
Had dinner and then fell asleep pretty quickly, it was a rather full day.
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