We did a silly thing on Monday morning. We were so intent on sending stuff home, to lighten our load, that we went down the post office with tunnel vision. The choice was to send the stuff surface mail or air mail. The first option would have taken 4-5 months, so we chose the second. It cost us $111. When we left the post office we realised that it'd probably have been cheaper to throw the stuff away and buy it all new in the UK. We are wallies.
Then it was time for exciting traveller travelling. We eschewed taxis and tourist buses and took the local bus to the Coral Coast. It cost next to nothing (and I'm sure they charged us three times what they'd have charged a local). It was exciting in that way travelling can be where you're not sure whether you'll end up in the right place and have little idea what's going on around you.
We stayed in a place called The Beachhouse on the Coral Coast, on the south of the main island, for two nights. It was just great. Only a couple of times on this trip have I wanted to stay somewhere longer than we planned to - usually the constant moving on is part of the fun, always wondering what the next place would be like. Anne suggested we change the plans, but we'd booked our accommodation in Suva, and that looked nice too. We spent a great day and a half at The Beachhouse, sitting reading in a hammock, sunbathing, and swimming in the sea. They also had a good, reasonably priced cafe, and had free afternoon tea and scones at 4pm every day.
I was sad to leave, but we caught the local bus to Suva on Wednesday morning. We're staying in a resort just out of town, called Raintree Lodge.