Today we left the US for our honeymoon. We left at 11:30 PM! We arrived in Fiji this morning at 5 AM. Then we took a teeny tiny plane to another island. Then we got on a taxi that took us to a boat, and this boat brought us to our resort Matangi Island. Uncle Mike and Uncle John gave us the referral. First off, this place is gorgeous. So many trees, calm ocean, nicest staff you will meet.
We arrived today and there’s no sun! In fact, it rained hard core tonight. The hotel has turn down service and unlimited cookies! What’s not to love about that?!
We are staying in a tree house….not really a “tree” house, more of a stilts house, but we are in the trees. Although we’re a couple seconds away from the oceans…ok, more like steps, we have the best view!
Our room has a day bed in the front room, a day bed outside, a hot tub, and an outdoor shower. Actually, we don’t have an indoor shower. Interesting.
The food situation here is perfect. We get served breakfast and the staff brings out a menu of all the day’s activities for the next day as well as the day’s menu. We then select what we want to eat and we don’t have to worry about it anymore. It’s perfect.
Today we went to a kava ceremony. It’s a root that the natives mash up and mix with water. When making kava drink, they put the powdered root into a sack and mush it around in water. It ends up looking on like they’re ringing out a dirty gym sock and they want you to drink it. They ask you to clap your hand once before receiving the coconut cup, and for everyone in the circle to clap twice after the drinker has finished. It’s not tasty at all. It gives you a numbing sensation, the same feeling as the tail end of a trip to the dentist where your novocaine is wearing off. Aaron and I had way more than what we thought you would have. They kept going round and round in the circle. After about 5 cups, I had to stop. Too gross!
The kava actually made me feel bad. Either that or the crazy swinging we did while reading in our hammock!
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