Easter Weekend...

After church on Easter Sunday Jared and Naomi (The couple I’m living with these days) and I set off for Melanesia- a small hut owned by Naomi’s relatives that sits on a national park on the coast. The had been talking it up for weeks, telling me weird and wonderful stories about their experiences there so my expectations we high. Thankfully, the reality equalled the expectations. It is a gorgeous little spot hidden away from the world, a stones throw from a secluded beach.

We were joined by two other couples, all relatives of Naomi and Jared. They were great fun. We played heaps of board games, fished on the beach and watched shooting stars. The only thing trying to spoil the fun were the leeches- and they were EVERYWHERE! It was amazing to walk to that car and back and find four climbing up each foot. We had to constantly have salt/matches at the ready after every venture outdoors. I thought it only fair to reward their diligence so rewarded two baby ones with a feast by sticking them to my belly. I think we were all intrigued to see what would happen. The short version is they arrived skinny and departed fat, but thankfully the little blighters didn’t stop the flow of laughter. We all came away relaxed and exhausted all at the same time after two days in the time warp that is Melanesia.