Bounty Island

On Monday, December 8th, Nikki, Abby, Adam, and I left Mana Island and headed to Bounty Island where we would stay for the next two nights. Holly, the other girl who had been traveling with us through New Zealand, decided to go to Robinson Crusoe Island instead because of time and money restraints. When we got to Bounty we were greeted by the friendly staff and brought up to our dorm rooms, which held around 50 people per room. Luckily the place was not fully booked so we only had about half that or less in our room. It only takes about a half an hour to walk around the island so we did that a couple of times, one time stopping to do a little snorkeling on the back of the island. We were with an experienced diver from Spain so he told us a lot about the sport and was able to identify some of the aquatic life out there. While out for a swim one time, a few of the girls and I got attacked by some feisty crabs. They swarmed around us and were nipping at us wherever they could. We all scrambled back to shore where we had a good laugh for a while then moved on towards the resort for teatime. This was special because this was the only resort I saw that offered coffee or tea and cookies for their guests in the afternoon because dinner wasn’t until 8 in the evening. These cookies were amazing too. They were kind of like chewy shortbreads and were a rare commodity on the islands. We ate fairly well on Bounty Island. The meals were all done buffet style as most of the other islands do and they offered a wide range of options such as chicken, lamb, fish, sausage, salad, pasta, etc. Unfortunately Adam did not make it out to any of the meals really because he was feeling really ill. Both Abby and Nikki experienced this same kind of illness on Mana Island and many other people I encountered on my travels described the same kind of thing. I’m not sure if it had something to due with the water they cook the food in or if it was just sunstroke or something but I never had it so I really don’t know. Our last night on Bounty Island was Nikki’s birthday so we all went down to the pool bar to celebrate with the rest of the backpackers at the resort. The diving instructor even joined in with the drinking games. This would be the last time I saw Nikki and Abby until Australia as they had different plans than Adam and I.