Blogs from Nadi, Fiji, Oceania - page 6

One word, WOW. We generally thought we arrived at the wrong place. I can not explain the view we have now writing this blog, we open up our little lodge (not as good as my mine at home!) and this is what we wake up too. Beautiful.We jumped off the plane after a 9 hour flight where Char thought we were getting hijacked and going off route and getting into a panic as she does because the interactive map on the plane went round Manila rather than over it, silly woman. Anyway we go through passport control and are welcomed by a group of 8 men and women all in hawaiian like shirts singing and playing guitars with a welcome to Fiji. Very nice! We go to our 'awesome adventures' travel desk and pick up our ... read more

We still owe you a Fiji blog but on one of our last entries we've decided to move into a more "live" update mode. It seems as if our luck in air travel to date is catching up - we had to leave our beautiful Matamanoa island a day early to ensure we are in proximity of Nadi airport to catch the 955am flight to Seoul (11h) connecting to our flight to JFK (14h). After waking up at 7am in the midst of a big storm (to catch a 955am flight to Seoul), it seemed that we may still be out of luck. It is nearly 5PM at this point and we have missed our JFK connection and are unclear if we can leave Fiji until tomorrow morning. Suzi and I both agree that this will ... read more

Having not slept too well after the trauma of the phone loss, I decided on having a quiet relaxing day planning my week in Fiji. O2 fortunately confirmed that the phone wasn't used before I put a barring order on it so that's one relief. The fact that someone somewhere has the photos of my chest injuries from my car incident is something else - expect graphic postings on some bruising-injury-fetish website soon, should such a thing exist... I did not a great deal today but get pampered. Firstly a pedicure - which revealed that despite the weeks that have passed, sandfly bites take longer to heal than most. One quick file over the top and huge craters in my feet were revealed, to the horror of the beautician. The pain I felt was worse, I ... read more

Hey everyone. So on the 11th we left sydney, we had originally planned to fly to LA via Fiji with a 2hour stop over. The airline cancelled our flight from fiji to LA so we were stuck in Fiji for a night and day (what a shame). We secured a discount at the Hilton run 'Beach Resort & Spa' on Denarau island in Nadi and settled in for the night. We visited the bar and had a couple of fantastic cocktails each. The room was something else; big king size bed, big spa bath, washing machine + drier, BBQ and an amazing view over the private beach to the islands beyond. After the best sleep we had both had in a long time we woke up and went to the travel counter. Asking for a good ... read more

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