Fiji - day 5

Todd woke up feeling ok enough to partake in a small, mellow adventure, so after breakfast, we all rallied for the mud pool and hot springs. After a very long gravel road drive (poor Todd’s belly), we made it to the site, changed into our suits and were shown to our bucket of mud.

First, we covered ourselves in mud.  

Second, we hung around on the lawn waiting for the mud to dry.

Once dry and crispy, or as Gordy described it: you feel like a big scab, we were shown to pool #1 - the mud pool.  This pool was luke warm and when we stood in it, our feet sunk into what felt a little like mud quick sand.  In this pool, we washed as much of the mud off of us as possible and tried not to get stuck.

After we were most of the way clean, we made our way through the next 3 pools which got hotter as you moved from one to the next. Of course, Gordy’s favorite was pool #4, because it was almost like a hot tub, but “not as good as tutu’s hot tub”.

The result of the adventure was some pretty soft skin and it was extra exciting because Todd’s belly cooperated and he was able to enjoy it with us.  We celebrated by driving another 20 minutes north to a town called Lautoka for lunch.

Todd was pretty exhausted by the end, so we came back to the hotel and relaxed the rest of the day.  Hopefully another good sleep and he’ll be even better tomorrow.