DAY 1:
We had to get back to Bau....back in the banana boats! We took 3 boats as usual but for the last leg of the trip (15 minutes) we crammed all 20 us into one boat...it was painful. We squished in, sat on top of each other!
and the boat....it was hard to get a picture of boat when you can't really move!
We also saw tons of palm trees along the way...which made me really happy! This grove of trees looked JUST like the cover of the children's book "Where the Wild Things Are" We tried to capture it but were not totally successful...
We had 2 more days in the jungle. We were out of the river and back on the Solomon Sea. We were back at Bau and could actually enjoy it this time. The beach was endless, the sea was a perfect blue and the sand was clean and white.
We arrived and were ready for a relaxing afternoon on the beach. The view was amazing....we enjoyed swimming, reading on the beach and relaxing.
just beautiful....
We also did some henna tattooing too...
DAY 2:
We started day two off with a couple of school visits. We were greeted at Bau Elementary and then another school a little further down the river. At this second school (with a name that is slipping me!) we got an amazing greeting. There were tons of dances and gifts.
The kids presented our leader Christian with tons of gifts for everyone. The dancing was wonderful. Later there were many more dances in which we joined in on.
The kids from our own clan gave each of us presents.
They gave us many necklaces.
And introduced themselves.
After this visit it was time to head to Bau island for lunch and snorkeling. The hike across the jungle is wonderful...
and the snorkeling was amazing (the water was shallow but the coral and fish were cool!)
DAY 3:
and this morning it was time to say good-bye to Bau...it was beautiful and sad to go...
We had to get back to Bau....back in the banana boats! We took 3 boats as usual but for the last leg of the trip (15 minutes) we crammed all 20 us into one boat...it was painful. We squished in, sat on top of each other!
and the boat....it was hard to get a picture of boat when you can't really move!
We also saw tons of palm trees along the way...which made me really happy! This grove of trees looked JUST like the cover of the children's book "Where the Wild Things Are" We tried to capture it but were not totally successful...
We had 2 more days in the jungle. We were out of the river and back on the Solomon Sea. We were back at Bau and could actually enjoy it this time. The beach was endless, the sea was a perfect blue and the sand was clean and white.
We arrived and were ready for a relaxing afternoon on the beach. The view was amazing....we enjoyed swimming, reading on the beach and relaxing.
just beautiful....
We also did some henna tattooing too...
DAY 2:
We started day two off with a couple of school visits. We were greeted at Bau Elementary and then another school a little further down the river. At this second school (with a name that is slipping me!) we got an amazing greeting. There were tons of dances and gifts.
The kids presented our leader Christian with tons of gifts for everyone. The dancing was wonderful. Later there were many more dances in which we joined in on.
The kids from our own clan gave each of us presents.
They gave us many necklaces.
And introduced themselves.
After this visit it was time to head to Bau island for lunch and snorkeling. The hike across the jungle is wonderful...
and the snorkeling was amazing (the water was shallow but the coral and fish were cool!)
DAY 3:
and this morning it was time to say good-bye to Bau...it was beautiful and sad to go...
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