Hi readers, I'm back after a one-month long hiatus from blogging...
The farewell I mentioned in my last post had officially happened on the 23rd of August... It was indeed sweet sorrow. Judy, Alena, Atu, Toma, Iliasa, Rebecca, the dive staff, etc. Had to shed some tears to be exact.
Kadavu welcomed me with open arms and so did Justin. It was nice to be reunited after so long... To date, we've had blue sky sunshine and calm seas to howling gusts and choppy swells. The staff here are really hardworking and always responsible in their duties. We have an excellent chef, Kuini, and Molly bakes the nicest homemade bread and scones. We have ever-smiley Pita, who waits at the tables. We have cool and honest Tulala, who is a superb boat captain, and his wife Rogo, our front office manager who's smart, resourceful and good with managing the staff. Velisi is wonderful at housekeeping and the rooms always look clean and tidy and presentable. Our dive crew Maika and Lakai (Divemasters) are rather good with guests but still need alot of polishing when it comes to punctuality and protocol. Overall, everyone's lovely here.
There is a nice veggie garden (two, in fact) behind the kitchen and we are more or less self-sustainable when it comes to greens and fruit. We have lovely Kadavu papaya (Paw paw) and fresh bananas and pineapples. The supply ferry comes once every week on Wednesdays and we get our kitchen and dive supplies. There is a little grocery store 10-15mins away from the resort and accessible by boat, where we can find anything from paperclips to Coca Cola.
It had been raining for 30 hours non-stop two days back, and that was absolutely dreadful. We could not go out diving; all we could do was sit in the restaurant and read a book or play some board games. Satellite internet was down in that duration as well, so that didn't help. Thankfully, now we have sunshine!! Just makes you realise what you miss when you don't have it (apart from the mosquitoes).
That's it for now, gonna go for our lovely lunch prepared by Kuini. Till the next post...
