I was a little worried by the prospect of having to swim back to the boat. The boat had, by now, moved further downstream to pick up the snorkelers. About thrice the distance as the original swim. The guide said half the distance we can just wade thru. But this was the same guide who mixed up his feet and meters. For all you know, when he says “wade”, he might be mixing up my feet with my head too.

Fortunately, we just hailed one of this small dinghy style boats (motorized) that was going around and hitched a hike to our boat.

The day was perfect. The sun was up, the water was warm and we spent some time exploring the sandbar and waters around it.

That is Sharmila swimming up from the boat to the sandbar opposite Mana island. Both of us need to learn swimming. We had a life vest, a noodle and a guide who helped us along!

It did not help that when I jumped into the water, I realized that when the guide estimated about 2-3 feet of water depth (I had asked him), he actually mixed up his units. It was 2-3 meters!

The waters, as you can see was incredible!

Today is the day we will spend in the water. The plan is to go visit some islands and check out the water. In one of the islands, we will also have Fijian food cooked the traditional style.

We went past this island – Malamala. This is one of the many tourist resort islands in this area. If you squint your eye, you may be able to see folks getting off the boat and queuing up to check into the resort.

One of the audience members were chosen as the chief!