Tuesday : Blue lagoon was amazing ! The massive rope swing was heaps of fun and I swam and fed cute little (and big) turtles. It was soo fun. I also swam with sharks and massive fish! Amazing! Today was the best. Blue lagoon was the best thing so far. Posted by BethanyJ (so it turns out that muscles you use on a rope swing are not in regular use… feeling them now! J Danielle)

Wednesday:  Weather not so good today but we didn’t let it stop us. Elijah enjoyed coconut weaving crafts at breakfast and this morning we ‘learned’ to Tok Tok Bislama. Guess what the word for children is? ‘Pikinini’ – sounds like something you might keep in a glass jar on your bedside table!?  So I have 5 pikininis blong mi, which sounds so much more gorgeous than five kids… We visited a French speaking school today with Elodia who works for Scripture Union and teaches in a few different local schools. It was a great experience and I was able to use some very rusty French (high-school French classes were a few too many years ago now). In the afternoon we went with Elodia to the fresh food markets and ate with the locals – Tuluk and Lap Lap. We also bought some local raspberries which Elijah LOVES and saw some other interesting food products we don’t see in Australia (e.g. live crabs tied up with string).  The fire dancing went on despite the rain and we enjoyed every minute of it! (posted by Danielle)