Vila...

Saturday 25th January

Forecast: Sunny estamated high of 29C
This was are first Port of call. I booked a tour before leaving home with Island Time Kayaking. We were met at the gate of the wharf by Kym and driven a short distance to meet our guide for the morning, Thomas. It was just us two and Thomas. We put on our life jackets...stowed our snorkel gear in the kayaks and off we paddled. We chose singlel kayaks as Kym's husband calls the doubles "divorse" kayaks. i tend to think that may have been right. We did very well in our own kayaks...It was a rather warm morning and Tony cooled himself by wetting his cap in the water...I settled for dipping my arms in.
We paddled past the ship and past the town...3/4 way around Iririki Island. This is a resort island. We landed our kayaks on the island and went for a snorkel. The weather changed..it rained...no problem we were wet already.
on our return trip we paddled around yet another island and we were grateful for the cooling rain.
Kym was waiting for us back on land with a lovely array of fresh fruits ,that she had purchased at the local markets while we were gone.
This tour cost us $45 each and was great. We would do it again.Not as strenuous as we thought it might be.

Back to the ship and after a quick change of clothes we made a quick visit to the town.