Position: 19deg 48min South, 174deg 21min West � Lefuka Island � Pangai Village
We�ve had a good day � we decided to walk the 15km to the top of the island � fortunately when we had done an hour we were given a lift by Janie (from the Happy Hapai divers). To our amusement we drove right over the airport runway (admittedly through control booms) and then over a causeway to Foa Island. At the very end of the island is �Sandy beach� and also Matafonua Lodge. We had a good chat to Sal who owned the resort. � nearly $120 US a night. We misjudged the availability of small shops that you find in the villages � so we had some fun on the beach and a good swim and shared a pizza and a bowl of chips and some water and started the long trek back. After walking for over an hour through little villages ( we bought some snacks on route) in quite stifling heat we caught a local bus. The bus was an education � it made the old bangers on 90mile beach look like Cadillacs. All the seats were broken and springs exposed. One could observe the road through the rust holes in the floor. The bus had no door and a crazed windscreen, no fuel tank just a big plastic can next to the drivers seat with diesel pipes going into it. It cost us dollar each and we were very grateful. On our arrival at the harbour, some locals that have befriended us. (They are also members of our church), presented us with a whole bunch of bananas and a drinking coconut each.
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