The gentleman that sold us the various packaged bits of our trip suggested that for a night we stay here at the Sonosali Resort, to “decompress” from our time in the islands (seriously, who needs a vacation from an already wonderful experience?) before we head out on our trip around the mainland. But for whatever the reasons were, we booked it, and I’ll admit, it has been quite nice. This place is a 4-star resort (or so they say) that has a monster-huge pool, multiple fancy bars and resturantes, hot water, clean beds, sheets, and pillows, and cable TV. Now, the meals are priced like you would expect at a hotel of similar grade back home to cost: outrageous. That said, the grilled Mahi Mahi on mashed potatoes with fresh, perfectly cooked vegetables was like heaven, and the cheesecake with vanilla ice cream just topped the whole thing off (not to mention the brilliant swirl sorbet of a sunset that was in progress the entire time). After dinner we caught frogs and lizards and tried to shove them down each others clothes, like real adults. Right now Aimee is on the floor with our map of the Solomon Islands, writing down names of places we want to research and/or visit for our 5-week stay in those islands. I’m a bit concerned with how much money the whole thing will cost, as Fiji is quite touristy and therefore rather inexpensive, but the Solomons seem to be far more isolated, and by my logic, potentially much more expensive as well. So I’m going to spend some time online today and see if we can find some good deals, flights, etc while we’re there. Tonight we’re going to be staying at the Downtown Backpackers Hotel/Hostel in Nadi, then tomorrow we’re off for our bus tour of the island! Whee!
Danny
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