One thing that Kevin noticed right away is that all the employees seem absolutely delighted to work here. They are all so happy when they can help visitors!
On the way to dinner, Kevin made another friend on the grounds. He was more than willing to hang around for just the right picture.
Last night, we went for a fancy dinner at the Ivi (pronounced Ee-vy) restaurant here at the resort. It’s a 5-star restaurant, and the food was the best we’ve tasted so far in Fiji. I got to wear my beautiful blue scarf from Aunt Cindi, and I’m so glad I brought it, as there was a little sprinkle on the way back to our bure after dinner. When we arrived to the restaurant, they gave me a flower for my hair and asked which side I should wear it on? The left if I’m still single, the right if I am taken. To which Kevin immediately replied, “definitely on the right side.” :-) It gives me a nice, warm smile on the inside when he shows me in those little ways how much he loves me.
While we were not able to connect with Saiasi to help us on our first day of shopping, we bumped into him again. He was very worried and wanted to be sure that we had taken care of all of our needs. Since we’ve taken care of the wedding stuffs, he offered to help us shop on another day. We will probably take him up on that for some souvenir shopping on Friday. Although, there are local vendors here at the resort, selling their wares; we will probably buy some stuffs for them, and finish up shopping with Saiasi on Friday.
I have alluded to, but don’t think that I properly explained that our bure comes with a butler and butler services… Every evening, our butler will come to check on us, bring us complimentary waters, champagne, and snacks. He will also check if we want a night cap for later in the evening, and if so, will bring another light snack. Our first night here, we were so exhausted, we accepted the champagne, but declined the night cap since we expected to be fast asleep. We received some sushi with our champagne.
Last night, the snacks were salmon on cucumber slices - yummy! and I ate them all by myself since Kev is not a seafood enthusiast. The night caps were a small glass of sherry, which he was able to enjoy both, since I had already had a third of the glass of champagne. The second snack was a cracker with cheese and a caramelized fig-jam marmalade on top (Kev’s description) — all Kev’s, as my tastebuds were satisfied.
We woke up early this morning, and I didn’t even have to twist Kev’s arm to get out of bed! We ventured outside around 6:15 to try to catch the sunrise; however, the way we are situated on the island, we didn’t get a good view. Furthermore, the sunset’s beautiful colors were also blocked by the clouds (it was still lightly raining).
The bar by the beach is called the Sundowner, which leads us to believe we might get a better view of the sunset. We’ll try tonight if we can, but we are also eager to catch the fire walking show and the typical Fijian feast. We’ll also try to catch a sunrise on another day, even if there are a couple of mountains in the way… It was nice to walk on the beach by our lonesomes.
We’ve booked our two excursion days: tomorrow’s tour is with Robinson Crusoe charter, which will take us snorkeling during the day, and give us a Fijian feast at night, along with another fire walking show and a kava ceremony; and Saturday we will spend with a river tour, which brings us to a Fijian village, and we can visit with the locals for a day. Friday we’ll spend shopping and/or sight-seeing, and/or snorkeling around the resort, and Sunday morning we might spend at the spa, before we head back to Texas on Sunday night.
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