Mango bay hotel is a backpacker resort tucked away 30 km West of Matanivusi Resort and is always a good party I was told. This adventure started while Lesi, Seva Apeli and I were finishing the roof of the employee housing when one of us had the great idea to go out for a little party. We bailed on the roofing and walked to the village so the boys could grab their clean clothes and “canvas” (Fiji term for shoes) considering they only wear sandals. We grabbed the local bus and after many dirty stares from the Indian bus driver at our crew and 30 min later we arrive at the entrance to Mango. We played volleyball all afternoon, then ping pong and pool all night until retiring back to the road where we soon discovered that we were going to have to walk home because there were no cars or taxis in sight. We walked over 3 jungle mountain ranges in the dark and over 30 km at 1 am at night arriving back at Vunaniu village at 4 am where we stayed at Lesi and Seva’s house. Before retiring for the night we all sat on the floor, grabbed a large pot full of rice and another full of Fiji chicken curry ( boney pieces of chicken, kasava root, onion and spices) We finished off about a kilo of rice and curry then all crashed at Lesi and Seva’s house. I was raised from the dead by Lesi who was on his way to work at Matanivusi, so I began my journey by feet again to walk the 3km back to work at 6:30 am. Never again will I walk 30km unless I am with 3 crazy fijian friends who made it an interesting experience. \\
