9.14 - Fiji Beachouse

Last night we met a nice family from Australia. Chatted with them for quite a while. Around 8, I really started to fade. We slept really well until a bit after 4:00. It had started to rain while we were chatting & it rained most of the night. Very cozy. It was actually a bit chilly... Get out the blanket! Dozed until about 6:00 when we decided to get up... Seemed to have avoided jet lag! I think we were the first guests up. We had our tea and coffee, munched on some toast, and popo (papaia). Rod got a message from the bank and team, that our debit cards should work... When the kitchen opened, we shared an omelet. Finally got moving and headed E to see if we could find a snorkeling trip to Benqa. We went to Pacific Harbor. We went to the Peal Resort. There was an ATM there, so we tried to get it to work…still didn’t work! Started to worry a lot about money! The Resort sent us on a goose chase for the Sea the Reef tour we were looking for…we walked; it was hot! Never found the place in the neighborhood! Chatted a bit with a man from Canada. We decided that we should exchange all our USD, so headed back to the resort & Sigatoka. At Western Union, the gal told us to try a different bank ATM! Duh :-P We had been using BSP & Westpac. She said to try ANZ. We walked there & it worked! 😊 Then we went to the Val U Mart supermarket! Got some H2O, crackers & shampoo. Sigatoka was BUSY! On the way back we got gas at the 1 gas station. We were able to use our credit card at the grocery store & gas station…also got some cheese & wine. Back at the Beach house we had cheese & crackers & beer! Then a rest and then a walk on the beach. Eating here tonight.