Mantanani at leisure

Day 4

Lazy day today as the wind was blowing onto the island and making the water a bit choppy. Visibility was not so good. After a lazy morning reading we decided to walk across the island (although reception had told us not to). Peter and Jon had already done it and it was safe – only takes about 15 minutes. The other side has a big deserted shallow bay. A walk along the bay for about 30 minutes (and a few swims because it was very humid – no breeze this side) and then we saw a resort. We had been given the impression there was nothing on this side. Further walking and we discovered another 4 resorts – but they appeared to be catering to a mainly Chinese and Japanese clientele. Our resort seems to be full with Europeans, Australians, Americans and a few Asian day trippers. Each day we have breakfast, lunch and dinner at the resort (backpackers lodge). The food varies between really good (curries and grilled fish) to really bad (spaghetti carbonara made with asian noodles and tinned mushroom soup mix). At night the kids are having a great time playing games while the adults are giving some of the duty free and local spirits a nudge. All very relaxing.