Octopus Resort

On December 12th, after being boated out of Manta Ray Island Resort we decided to spoil ourselves a little by going to the luxurious Octopus Resort on Waya Island. This was the most expensive of all the reasonably priced resorts in the Yasawas but at $100 Fijian a night we though we might as well. We really lucked out because all of the rooms in the dorms were full so they gave us a little hut with four beds and two fans. In the room was Adam, a German girl we met on Manta Ray, some other random, and myself. Here we pretty much just spent our days in the water. The waves at this place were nuts though. Apparently the guy at reception said he had never seen the tides like this. We had to fight the waves the entire time but it was so fun we didn’t care. I tried snorkeling but I had to come in because I was worried the tides were going to scrape me along the coral only a couple feet below. Instead we played volleyball for a couple hours that afternoon and then showered up and had a nice cold beer before dinner. The dinner here wasn’t until 8 o’clock and they put on a show just before with traditional singing and dancing for the crowd. Then dinnertime came and I was in heaven. We all sat in small tables of about 8 people and they brought the food to us on large platters. We had fish lolo, which is where they cook the fish in coconut milk, chicken and lamb curry, pasta, salad, bread, the whole works. I was thoroughly satisfied and also very tired. I think I went to bed at around 9:30 or 10 that night haha. The breakfast the next morning was pretty standard with cereal, toast, and fruit, but the lunch was equally as impressive as the dinner. This was the first time I had gotten to choose off of a menu in ages. I know I talk about food a lot but you start to appreciate these things a great deal more once you have gone without them for a good amount of time. For lunch I chose some kind of marlin pasta dish, which ended up being a real beauty. After that I left Adam and the German girl to jump on the boat and head a little further up north because I had more time to play with than they did. I almost missed the boat and actually had to run into the ocean after it because I had been lounging out in a hammock for about an hour or so. Once on the boat I made a random decision to go to Korovou Eco Tour Resort on Naviti Island for a night and see what the deal was there.