A Sad Return to the Mainland

On Wednesday, December 17th I attempted to catch the 11:00 am ferry from Beachcomber Island back to the mainland but once on the boat I was told that I still needed to pay my bar tab and that I would have to go back to do so. I had given them my credit card number and at most of the other islands that is all you need to do then everything would be taken off of that. I guess I misunderstood and ended up missing the morning ferry. When coming off the boat a Fijian guy was carrying my bag for my as they normally do, and I went to follow the man carrying my bag but he told me to follow some other women into reception instead. I thought that was fair enough and that he would take my bag back to the luggage shack for the afternoon boat where it would be safe. Wrong, wrong, wrong. I caught the afternoon boat later that day and eventually found my way to Nadi Bay Backpackers hostel where I would be staying the night. I hung out with a few people from my room that night and had a decent meal with a couple beers to wash it down. Then when I went to go to bed I thought I would fall asleep listening to my iPod. I looked in the top pocket of my bag where I had left it and whoops, no iPod. That was rough enough but after looking a little deeper I found that not only was the iPod missing but also there was no camera and I was about $60 short as well. I went to sleep in a mix of sadness and anger that night. The next day I went to the police station at the airport and got them to write up a report for me. Other than that there was not a whole lot I could do so I just had to let it go. I spent one more night at Nadi Bay Backpackers and decided to head east the next morning.