Does it have coriander in it?

Today was definitely a bittersweet day to say the least. It was our last day on the islands, but not our last day in Fiji. We still had one more day with the Germans which we were happy for since we weren’t ready to say goodbye just yet. We had actually found out that they were all staying in hostels in Nadi that were close to each other and also where we hoped to get a bed for the night. That eased our minds a lot since we were worried about getting back to the main land and finding a place to stay. However, we had agreed that we would all get a taxi to the hostels together to make it cheaper and that was definitely a relief. Before we had to board the large vessel bound for the mainland we had our last snorkeling to go on. This one was by far the best one with a very active reef and millions of fish everywhere. Before we got off the boat and into the water our driver threw bread into the water which instantly attracted hundreds of fish. Riley jumped in the water before me and made a squeal whenever the fish started nibbling on him. That frightened me a little since I’m not too keen on fish in the first place, but it wasn’t as bad as I thought. It was just kinda scary to see so much fish surrounding me at once since that it something that I’m used to at all. With all the fish to swim and play with we got a little distracted and didn’t explore the reef as much as we could have. But when else do you truly get to swim with fish? The reef was the best one that we had explored during our time in Fiji and it was amazing to see the colorful reef and fish just going about their daily life, swimming in and out of the reefs. About an hour into the trip we were completely exhausted and tired of snorkeling, which was a bummer. We had heard the two Canadian guys talk about an octopus so we wandered to where they were but we couldn’t really see anything. We later found out that there was an octopus and it was like a chameleon since it changed colors to match the reef color. That would have been quite the sight but my snorkel gear must have been too big since it kept filling up with water no matter how tight I got it. Tired of having to fight with it we decided that it was time to head to the shore and relax for a little bit. Time definitely flew by and all too soon we were boarding the boat to head back to the resort. Just like we had suspected we had fifteen back at the resort before it was time to board the boat one last time and head to meet the bigger cruise vessel. Like I said this was a bittersweet feeling since we knew our time in Fiji was coming to an end along with our time that we’d have with the German friends that we had made. We were all about to sit on the cruise ship together, but five and a half hours is a long time to keep conversation going. We were all trying to soak up the last bit of sunshine that we could get especially since the clouds were getting thicker over the mainland of Vita Levu. This was probably the weather that we had looked up before we left since it said that it was supposed to rain the whole time that we were going to be there. We made it down into the air conditioned room in the bottom of the boat just in time since it started to sprinkle when we were just 45 minutes out. We heard over the intercom that we would be able to catch a free shuttle bus ride back to the hostels where we had stayed the first night in Nadi. We planned on shopping around to see what was the best deal we could get for a night’s stay in a hostel. The cruise ship quoted us a price that was a little over our price range since we had limited Fiji money left over. When we finally touched down into the port we were more than happy to get off the cruise ship. I know that I do not travel by boat very well since my stomach had churned for the last two hours or so. Being hungry definitely didn’t help either though. We were about to locate our luggage, board the shuttle bus, and find a hostel that was more reasonable for us in no time. It also meant that dinner time had arrived. The six of us (including the German couples) were able to get a taxi for a very reasonable price (2 Fiji dollars each, which is like 1 Australian dollar) to take us to a restaurant that one of the guys in the hostel had told us about. It was called Small Plates but we were hoping that wasn’t any indication of what the portions would be like. The taxi driver tried to drop us off in the back of the restaurant and told us to walk down this alley but it didn’t look like there was a restaurant down there. We cleverly sent one of the guys to scope it out and sure enough there was a restaurant back there. We enjoyed some Chinese food with more rice than we wanted to have so soon to having that for lunch and dinner on the islands but it was good food nonetheless. We made sure that there was no coriander in the recipes though! Knowing that this really was our last meal together was so sad, but we had to enjoy the time we had together. We had already exchanged contact information by this point so we knew this wasn’t the last time we’d be talking with each other.