I arrived in Tonga and got picked up and taken to Heilala Lodge- luxury compared to my last week. My own room, a fan and a share bathroom -with flushing toilet and HOT water!! The next morning I had breakfast (toast and fresh fruit) and got talking to a couple from Brighton Nancy and Stuart (in their early 30s but didn’t look it). I said I was going up to Va va’u which is either a 21hour choppy boat ride or a 100 Pound flight. They decided that they would fly up and so we ended up all booking to go [View Full Entry]

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The home stay in Sanasana turned out to be Tiki’s mother!- Liku. We got the boat back to the mainland , a taxi to town, a bus to a junction, and a taxi to the village. Our home was a corrugated metal room with 2 double beds a bunk bed, 3 piece suite, a table, fridge and gas stove. There was a long drop toilet and outdoor shower down the hill. We arrived late on Saturday. On Sunday we didn’t do much as the Fijians are strong Christians and go to church 3 times on a Sunday. There are lots of [View Full Entry]

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So I arrived in Fiji, made it into town- you don’t want to spend long there!! Bit hasselly but not too bad. Got taken into a shop to drink Kava- there local drink- tastes like mud water -sort of. He then managed to sell me some stuff and book me onto a trip to an island Mana for a week. I thought I’d made a big mistake- but as it turned out I had a great time there. I got a small speed boat over there it took about an hour and there were 6 of us on board. The first [View Full Entry]

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Just a quick one to say I've had an amazing week- Diving with sharks, laying on the beach and meeting fun people while being cared for by Tiki (the receptionist). I'm heading down to the coral coast now with 4 others. I'll show you photos and tell you all about Mana and the coral coast next week as the bus leaves soon. Love to all T [View Full Entry]

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Hello I have arrived in Fiji- not much more to say than that- I arrived at 6am after a 10 hour flight but there was no one in the next to seats from me so I got to lie down and sleep. I got picked up from the airport and taken to my hostel- seems nice enough , free continental breakfast- well 2 pieces of toast! Kind English girl lent me 1FD to get the bus into town. Have now made it to the cash point and the internet cafe. Cant say much more than that- Its is fairly obvious that [View Full Entry]

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On Thursday we traveled out to Whidbey Island, Heather in the car and Joe (my cousin) his 7 month old daughter Stella and another family (Vlad, Nat and Joey ) in Joe’s boat. The house we rented was amazing; right on the waters edge, sound system in every room and a lift even thought there were only 3 floors. The owners had built it about 4 years before on some land his grandparents had. If we had to be really picky we would suggest a hot tub in the yard and a bath, especially one on the top floor overlooking the [View Full Entry]

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Hello all, I have been up 20 hours but I have made it to my first destination- My cousin Joes in Seattle. After all the security panic I was aloud to take normal hand luggage on the plane but no liquids. This wasn’t really a problem for me but I had fun being nosey in Amsterdam Airport watching everyone have their bag searched and panic as their mascara and other liquids were through away. One elderly American couple had no idea about what was going on and started to blame the Dutch and even said that they should bomb Holland - [View Full Entry]

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