Yet, another day in Paradise. After our buffet breakfast we take up position by the Adult's Pool (pictured below). Psycho Granny, and Jade Goody are in the same spot, like they have not moved since we saw them yesterday – they must get up really early to put their towel down to claim their spot. Once there they don’t seem to move all day – they are there in the morning, and I see them again in the afternoon.
I guess we should show you around the hotel. Here is the waterfall outside the main foyer (pictured below).
Here are the friendly staff (pictured below)
This is the front of the hotel (pictured below).
This is the sea side (pictured below); the Sheraton Hotel runs up to the point you see in the distance. Denarau Island is like a square shape. Around that point, or the top of the square, there is the Westin, Sofitel, and Hilton Hotels, where the coast ends again at another point. Then there is an oval bite out of the square, which is Port Denarau. There are number of canals that run into the residential areas, and of course the main Marina where the shops and restuarants are. In the centre of the Island is the golf course. A snaking waterway divides Denarau Island from the mainland with the single bridge guarded by "Check Point Charlie" the only way in, or out.
In the afternoon we hired bikes from the Sheraton Hotel, and pedaled down to the main gates or 'Check Point Charlie’ as we call it, along the way we passed gated residential communities built on canals similar to the homes you see on the Gold Coast. Like the Gold Coast houses they often have boats moored outside. On the other side of the road is the championship golf course, and we saw one of the gates slide open to let one golfer in his golf cart drive across. It’s not a bad life – if you get sick of the boat, then you can head over for a round of golf, with that overwhelming sense of security of being on your own guarded private island. And with Sydney less than four hours away, the weather perfect all year round, then it would make an ideal holiday home for the well heeled.In the evening we went back to the Sheraton Hotel for the buffett – when you’re on a good thing – stick to it.
There’s no lying around the pool all day for us. Tomorrow, we have rented a Toyota Corolla from Avis, to drive along the Queen’s Highway to the capital, Suva.
Suva is the largest city in the South Pacific outside of course Australia and New Zealand. It is also one of the busiest ports in the South Pacific.
I have arranged for the car to be brought around to the Radisson by 8am so we can get away for an early start, well early by our time. I have been told it is about a three hour drive, which should leave enough time to get to Suva and back by nightfall.
