3rd August - Bounty Island, home of the once Celebrity Love Island

Yaarrrrr we be on Bounty Island. And it really is an island in the middle of nowhere. Population, 1 hotel of about 40 people and staff. Beaches all the way round, which if you walk takes about 30 minutes or by Kayak 20.

The place is awesome, very idyllic. Just what Madame wanted for her birthday.There isn't that much to do here compared to what we have been used to, for example the 10 mile treks around the surrounding areas, so we have had to chill out which has been great. Sunbathing has been a key factor of late. As has kayaking and snorkelling and walking round and round the island. Just a few feet off the beach there are coral reefs and the fish are awesome.

On the other side of the island is the setting for the first Celebrity love island, not the current one. Unfortunately it has been just left as it was and is in need of some serious repair. But some of the buildings are still there which makes for a good picture, though the jacuzzi doesn't.

We have also had a bit of Fijian culture, we attended one of their ceremonies they do called Kava, where you drink the Kava juice (made from a powdered tree root) and your mouth goes numb and your head goes light. It didn't taste so great (a bit muddy) but that isn't really the point. A mild form of marajuana I think, the locals love it. We also had a Lovo meal that was cooked from ovens under the ground for hours. It was damn tasty. Unfortunately after that we were strangely overcome by tiredness and slept for 12 hours. Another side effect of Kava!

Other than that we are having an awesome time, building some proper tans to make Liz jealous when she meets us in the much colder town of Auckland. There has also been giant spiders, families of geckos (that leave little presents for us on our bed) and ants living with us at all times of the day, you get used to them...

More to come from our next island, Skull Island...
Laters

Pricey and Sarah