Exactly one week into our trip and already the struggles to get here are long forgotten - left in the Pacific Ocean somewhere between LA and Fiji. Just one incredible story to share as I will let the pictures say the rest. On Nacula Island in Fiji we stayed at a family run "resort" a term I use lightly as not to conjure up images of Caribbean all inclusives....anyways at this lovely place in the middle of coral filled turquoise sea one of the main sources of food is naturally fish. One of the best ways to catch lots of fish is at night when the fish are sleeping...by night snorkel diving with a spear...Matt and I wanted to experience this so casually asked if we could join them one night, and they agreed! We borrowed one of the locals spears and actually got to go out into the dark star filled night and take part. Using an underwater flashlight and snorkelling gear we swam around in search for fish large enough to catch which due to the fact that they were sleeping and immobile should have been like shooting fish in a barrel but it was not. When we did find a fish it was super hard to keep them on the simplistic homemade spear which was essentially rebar attached to a glorified rubber band, and to make it more difficult many were a 3-5 m dive away. We successfully got no fish but the locals we were with found enough to take back to the village for a couple days. The failure was irrelevant, being in the coral in the dead of night was surreal - especially when we swam past 3 6-7ft Nurse sharks hunting! These are the moments that make a trip, the unplanned, unorganized moments to take part in a world so foreign to our own. Incredible!
Unfortunately as a result of this amazing experience I have vertigo...so even on land it is like I am in a boat. A small price to pay.
"The roller coaster is my life; life is a fast, dizzying game; life is a parachute, jump!" Paulo Cohelo
