Blogs from Nadi, Fiji, Oceania - page 17

Bula Bula!! Well for the past 10 days we have been very busy - sunning ourselves on beautiful islands - its a hard life!! Arrived in Nadi from NZ & stayed for 2 nights then sailed off to island hop for a week. First we went up to the north of the Yasawa islands to Nacula Island - stayed at a typical Fijian resort run by the villagers who live on the island. We pulled up on the boat & it was just like you see on the TV - sandy beach & turquoise sea - paradise! Our room was a traditional Fijian bure - a little wood hut with straw roof - so cute! We stayed for two nights & spent the days relaxing (which was quite hard at first coz weve been so busy ... read more

I arrived at Fiji airport at 5.30am after sleeping for 7 hours on the plane. I sat on a bench waiting for the Fiji experience bus to turn up... in short... it didn't. I sorted it out though and eventually found the big green Fiji experience bus. There were about 20 of us on board - all really nice characters and easy to get on with. After about half an hour the bus stopped and we all piled out and introduced each other - we then had a barbeque on the beach and just chatted. The weather was scorching and I felt like a snowman compared to most of these people who had been travelling for months on end. After the BBQ we headed to a local village where our tour guide told us about the ... read more

I'd never have expected to have to use question marks after the statement that Fiji was tropical paradise but I'm afraid it is questionable. I'm back in Australia now (Melbourne to be precise) and haven't been at all well since Fiji but I am seeing the doctor and hope to be sorted soon! Unfortunately this has been the low point on my travels, let me elaborate; Days 1 -3 - Tropical Paradise Confirmed! I arrived from Sydney into Nadi airport to be greeted by local fijians playing instruments and singing at the airport which was a lovely touch. I got picked up by the hostel as arranged and taken to the hostel where Erin (the scottish girl I met on the East Coast) had already arrived. I spent the evening sitting by Nadi beach with Erin ... read more

HEY everyone! ok so here's a quick lowdown on my past week... to sum it up in one word...AMAZING...so many stories to tell... Ok so from labasa (where i think i last left off....) i got on a boat to vorovoro island (about half an hour away)...all was well...i met everyone...the way it works is there is a little village beside a fijian village set up for the tribewanted group (so as not to infringe entirely on the fijian culture...) we hire only fijian workers tho to work with us thus boosting the economy...its a very ecofriendly site...we live in bures (traditional fijian houses with thatched roofs) There is lots of recycling and composting of all food (if it isn't fed to the chickens or the pigs) we grow our own food for the most part ... read more

ok guys..i only have 3 mins left of internet time...after a hectic day i have made all my plans and reservations....i'll be officially a tribe member of vorovoro island this coming saturday (for everyone at home thats friday)...ok so ya thats the plan i'm flying from nadi to labasa on sat and fly back the following sat (i sent simon the details mom and dad so you can get the flight info from him i couldn't add your email for whatever reason) ....anyways thats the plan...the next few days there may be a lil island hopping...we'll see.... i think i might go to beachcomber island for a night or something and then i'll go probably straight to the airport and sleep there and not pay for a hostel that night since i'll have to be at ... read more