February 9, 2026
The view below shows the channel to the north of Ha'apai Island and King's Island in the background. The protected lagoon is to the right and the sea and Fiji are way to the left. Here's our happy group at the beginning of the week in the lounge pit before dinner.
(L to R) Bosco, Susan & Memo, Doug & Lucia , Anna & Jimbo, Ben, Aliana, Basia, Me, Kim & Phil. ( Whitney is sadly missing).
Speaking of Dinner - the food at the resort was delicious! Below are some of the ones I remember to get a photo of before eating.
Dinner was at 7 pm every night and is very social with all the guest and host joining. We reviewed the day and set up schedule for next days activities. We ran out of time to do everything because the weather was a little stormy the last 2 days we were there and the water got a lot more swell action going - so we never kayaked or snorkled all the spots we intended. Great reason to go back, plus whale season there is supposedly spectacular! Lots of mom's come to have their calves here!
I did get to ride a bike, into the village, on Sunday morning, to go to the local church and experience their incredibly loud and enthusiastic singing ( over 1.5 hours at full volume!)
I also went with Basia & Jimbo on a morning adventure to uninhabited Bird Island via an hour boat ride, each way. As I walked around the tiny island, it reminded me of my childhood nightmare after watching The Birds by Alfred Hitchcock. Except these birds didn't swarm me and the island was quiet serene, with tons of crabs and actually very peaceful.
