OTTO AND FANNY'S PLACE !

Otto and Fanny are brother and sister - and what typical Fijian names they have (not)! Here is Fanny with the girls - she had some tall tales to tell about the tourists over the years .. but that didn't put Greg off going on the cliff walk!



We weren't quite expected, even though we had booked months ago, and weren't expecting what was there either! The bure was large and spacious and set in the middle of what used to be a coconut plantation, so lots of coconuts everywhere and grass leading down to the beach.



Fanny told us that we had arrived during an "eight day wind" cycle and it gusted all along the beach. However, a five minute stroll, headlong into the wind to the tip of the island, and you turned the corner into absolute sheltered silence, warm, sunny and sandy - bit of a secluded surprise!





Another thing we weren't expecting was the food - Fanny used to run the catering for a large resort in Fiji, and wow, was she a good cook - we had three course, home-cooked meals and thoroughly enjoyed them!



They chopped down coconuts for us and we had a drink, it was thirsty work lounging in the hammock!





We noticed that in the afternoon tourists from other resorts came over in boats for 'tea' and gobbled cakes and drank huge mugs of tea at our place. There was a little sign on the beach listing banana, chocolate and lemon cake for teatime treats. Word seemed to have spread.





They also took us, by boat, across the bay to the Blue Lagoon for the afternoon - the snorkelling was beautiful and the resort along from the lagoon looked like somewhere I could live, forever!



It was called Navutu Lodge and is on my wish-list for when I win the lotto (highly recommended for anyone visiting Fiji)