June 15 Let's play some frisbee

Today we went snorkeling near this village. We had to walk a little bit down the beach to get to our snorkeling spot.  When we got there we ate lunch and had to wait for the tide to come in because the water was to shallow.  We played ultimate frisbee on the beach which was a lot of fun.  I had some good catches though I can’t figure out how.  Snorkeling was fun even though the current was kind of strong.  When we reached a boat that was picking us up from the water, it was so hard getting into it.  Jamison, while climbing up the ladder in slow motion, totally fell.  It was hilarious!  He called “Going down” while falling face first. Once everyone got back to the vans, we had a couple bowls of kava and headed back to Tovutovu.  After our arrival to Tovutovu, we had to pack for the village.  I managed to pack everything in my backpack and in my sleeping pad holder.  When we got to the village, all the villagers were beyond happy to see us even though it was pouring outside. They are all so nice!  They helped us carry our things into the village and covered us with umbrellas. They also gave all of us these flowered necklaces they made. They performed this dance with leaves on their wrist.  The dancers outfits were like the costumes in Lilo and Stitch.  The dancing was on point. After that we ate chicken and fish for dinner. We then had a lot of Kava at a traditional ceremony since it is rude to not drink kava when it is shared.  Liz and I had 20 something bowls of kava and we got kind of dizzy from it.  Soon after all the girls in our group settled into one house, while the guys settled into another.

One of the flower necklaces the villagers made

Katie and I snorkeling.  Photo creds to Brett Garner.

Jameson falling into the boat. Photo creds to Brett Garner.