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This morning I actually witnessed the breakfast: all kinds of stuff, pancakes, sausages, bacon and eggs made to order…. but I just can’t think of eating anything at this time of day.

We dropped people at the beach again and then left for another tour-de-dump and returned to pick them up and then it was pretty much going back to Lautoka, good time to relax, read a book or just doze off.

Lunch was a nice BBQ feast. Interestingly enough, by schedule, that was supposed to be on shore and the day before .. and the pasta lunch on the day we would return, which kinda makes sense. I was wondering if they simply turned the left over lovo food into BBQ food, but somehow I don’t think so. I think they were just not to sure about the weather. Anyways, teh BBQ lunch was great.

On the way back we took a straight route to Lautoka, which took us away from the Yasawa Islands into more open water and thus the sea was a bit rough. Everybody was busy packing and then we got together for a group picture. Really nice that Blue Lagoon Cruises gave everyone a nice Polo Shirt as a souvenir.

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Right on time we docked at the wharf at 4 PM and we had to schlepp our luggage a bit, since our driver was not allowed to enter the wharf. But he was there, right on time, the drive was smooth, we had to stop once to change Julius’ diapers and he got a bit antsy in the last hour .. but right on time, at 7:30 PM, we were back in Suva.

As a bit of a summary: Great trip, great value for the money you pay as a local We also got lucky with the weather. Outstanding was the crew and their behavior. There was no attitude issue ever … everyone was willing to help (e.g. first lunch, Koro, the chef, after having done his duties, offered to hold Julius while we eat). The other thing I will keep in mind is the lovo … best ever … and its all in the detail. The 3 days/2nights cruise is plenty … i am not sure what I would do on a 7D/6N tour … read more books? I actually finished a book which i had started the weekend before on Toberua (from their “leave one, take one” library). Interestingly enough it was translated in German, and i had not read a novel in German for a long time, but it worked pretty well.

One last thing: I think we got very lucky with the group that we were. All very nice people, all very understanding about having a very young (loud) one on board, we got to talk to most of them, everybody was interested in Julius instant ice-breaker.

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