Today (well, yesterday since it's 2 A.M. right now) the NSE kids and a few transfer students went on a tour of the island hosted by the university. We left after breakfast around 9 and stayed out about three and a half hours. This place is incredible. It seems like no matter where you are you always have a view.

About 20 people went in total in this huge vehicle called a Safari. It's basically an F350 with bench seats and open sides. Normally it's used for transportation from place to place, and not tours, but we're special enough for them to make an exception I guess.  The tour started on the mountain right beside us. This massive vehicle was going up the steepest and narrowest roads I have ever been on. Flying around a turn and seeing someone right there is terrifying. There were several times that it felt like the tires were just spinning and not getting any traction as we were ascending. And the driver would make the sharpest turns possible. It was ridiculous, but he had to. He was taking us to see the best views, and those happened to be on tiny mountain roads in the most obscure places. Everything was nestled away. We would be driving along and seeing nothing but thick overgrown vegetation, and then boom, and incredible view or gift shop hidden on the mountainside was right there.

From the mountain we went to the other end of the island to the prettiest beach I have ever seen called Coki Beach. It was like something you should see programed as the default background on a computer or in one of those tropical island calendars. I didn't know that kind of beauty actually existed outside edited and filtered pictures. It was mind blowing. God is good.

We finished the tour by stopping at Kmart, the main department store on the island. We didn't have time to stay and shop, but I got some essentials that I needed. Still looking for some cheap shower shoes and face wash.

Tonight a bunch of kids on campus got together for a campfire on the beach at the bottom of the hill. The past two days here we have repeatedly heard not to be on the beach late at night for safety reasons and not to have bonfires, but we've also heard to get out and make friends with the locals. I went with the latter advice and tried to make friends, which is incredibly easy here because people genuinely want to get to know you and hang out. A bonfire on the beach in paradise with some locals should be on everyone's bucket list.