Honeymoon post #1

Beth and I got back late last Saturday night from our honeymoon in Fiji. It was an awesome trip and we took hundreds of photos, several of which actually look good! I thought I'd start sharing them by showing a few pictures of our vale (aka: villa):

First off, here's the island itself. There are a total of 15 vales, all with oceanfront views,  plus a bar/restaurant, spa, marine center (basically a shack where you could pick up equipment and sign up for activities) and a combo administration/welcome/rainy day activity/movie/game room building.

Here's a picture of our vale from the beach. It's almost its own little duplex, with the bedroom/bathroom on the left and the living room on the right in this picture. Each side has its own porch, with one porch covered and one right in the burning sun.

The porch off of the living room. This view sure does make the water look inviting, no?

The "scorch porch" off of our bedroom. Actually, nobody ever called it that, but it has a nice ring to it in my opinion. Beth and I pretty much avoided this one except in the evening once it was shaded.

The living area, with a bar/water/coffee area in the back right corner and lots of windows to let the breeze through. 

We actually woke up before sunrise most days and spent leisurely mornings sipping coffee on the porch and then reading once the sun was up. The entire wall between the porch and living room was a series of glass panels that could be opened up, so that the entire side of the vale felt like a big covered porch.

Tucked in next to the covered porch was a wee tiny infinity pool. We didn't think we'd get much use out of it given that it wasn't heated, but in the end we often jumped in for a minute or two after getting back from swimming in the ocean.

Beth on the lookout for sharks...

  

Watching the sunrise...

Reading the kindle after rotating just slightly to the left...

"Just happy to be here," she said.

Also, the vale came with a bottle of Champagne. Hooray!!!

So thats a quick little tour of our home-away-from-home while we were honeymooning. Much more to come including the rest of the island and all sorts of aquatic life.