Lunch on a sandbank

One of the activities we could do was lunch on a sandbank that is only accessible at low tide. To do this, we just had to tell the staff the day before, pick out what we wanted for lunch, and then show up at the boat at the appointed time. Or in our case, be reading by the beach an hour before so the driver could come find us and say "Sandbank? Let's go!"

It was looking pretty overcast when we headed out. I asked our driver, Willie, if it was going to storm. He's a pretty concise guy, and said "Yes." I was feeling a little alarmed and said "Are we going to be OK?" He just smiled really broadly and said "OK!" Turns out, we were OK on the sandbank - the rain went around us completely, and we just watched the storms roll past us.

The sandbank was about a 15 minute boat ride away. It's actually attached to a tiny little clump of trees that never get covered with the tide. This was a little reassuring, knowing that if some disaster struck, we wouldn't be left to let the tide slowly overtake us!

Our lunch was so fun and a little bit surreal. Willie brought everything we needed out on the boat: a table, chairs, towels, and an umbrella. There's a metal post for the umbrella that's been set up, so as soon as it's out of the water, it's picnic time! And then Willie left us all alone on a sandbank in the ocean.

It was a pretty amazing feeling, being all by ourselves out on this strip of land in the middle of the ocean.

The radio, aka our ticket back to Nukubati

An added bonus to our sandbank lunch was the great snorkeling we could do around the reef that circles the point!

Toby loved the snorkeling so much that every time he got dried off, he couldn't resist the urge to go back in.

And there was also the tiny little island bit to explore too. Willie told us that we might see sea snakes in there, and T was desperate to spot one. Although we never found one, we did see lots of really amazing little creatures just hanging out and waiting for their water to come back.

T also tried to audition for Jellyfish Baywatch and save a giant purple jellyfish that was washed up on the beach. It was too late for that little guy, but a valiant effort by Toby.

We spent the rest of our day back on the main island - paddleboarding, kayaking, swimming, napping, and getting a massage.

Yup, another impossibly great day in Fiji!

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