Not Much Today

I got up about 9:00, showered, checked out of Nadi Bat Hotel and found another little hostel just down the road, called Western Hostel. It's about 5 minutes walk from Nadi Bay. Very friendly, I went in to check it out, and she told me it was $15/night, so after looking around, I told her I liked it, but was going to check out a few more down by the beach, and she said she'd give me a special price if I stayed there, $10/night. So I took it. It has kitchen facilities (although I have to pay $2 if I wanna use the stove), and they take care of my every whim. It's a family run affair, and they know my name, and are always asking me if everything is good and asking me how things are going.

After settling in, I walked to town to Aqua-Trek (diving outfit), but they don't actually do any dives out of Nadi, they do dives from islands around Fiji. Hit internet for a couple of hours, then walked back to the hostel, stopping at a supermarket and bread store to get some supper. Dropped off the food at the hostel and walked to Inner Space Adventures, a dive operation on the beach near the hostel. 2 dives for $110 (FJD).

Walked back to the hostel and read through some more stuff to try and figure out what to do with my remaining time in Fiji. Started talking to a guy, him and his g/f just got back from Mana, and enjoyed every minute of it. They booked it through the hostel, so I read up on it a little, and decided to go there. $70 return boat trip, and acoomodations is $45/night, and that includes 3 meals/day. They also do day trips to the CastAway island, which is cool.

So, I booked the Mana trip from Kesa (girl at hostel), and leave on Sunday and come back on Wednesday. There's no internet out there, so I won't be replying to e-mails or doing journal updates.

Cooked some supper (macaroni with tomato sauce...mmmmmmm), then sat around and watched TV, chatted with other occupants of the hostel and went to bed.