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January 13th 2010
BULA from Fiji! Well we made it after a marathon of flights. The airport in Toronto was unpleasant, all line-ups trying to get into the US. Got frisked a few times ;-) !! We arrived 3 hours early and the flight was boarding when we made it thru! We made a friend from Toronto who goes to school in LA, so that was nice! We spent the day in Los Angeles yesterday. It was nice, but there was no where to store our bags, so we were tired from carrying them. We went to a mall, and met some interesting folks along the way. One lady, the inspiration for the title, thought we needed to go to Sunday school. Another lady named Phyllis in the mall talked our ear off for a good hour, but it ... read more
November 15th 2009
Sun, sea, sand, tsunami warnings, high winds and sideways rain. What more could you ask for?! Nadi As we fly out of Auckland the pilot informs us that the weather in Fiji is quite simply perfect. However by the time we arrive in Nadi we are told that the weather has somewhat deteriorated. In fact it is raining so hard when we step off the plane that we begin to wonder if we had actually landed in the right country! We join the world’s longest queue for immigration and wait the best part of an hour for the two officers to clear two plane loads of people before collecting our bags. The traditional Fijian band in the arrivals hall do their best to brighten the afternoon bur the persistent rain is making their job a difficult ... read more
November 11th 2009
(Warning long blog) The flight from LA itself was long and cramped, and long but fairly smooth oh and did I mention long!! I hardly slept as always but Nath managed to sleep most of the way. The plane was a fairly old one with the rubbish TV screen on the back of the chair that is always too dark and has no setting to alter it. It also played all the movies at one time on a loop so if you missed the beginning you had to wait 2 hours for it to start again! Other than that it was the smoothest flight I’ve ever been on so it really helped my nerves. By the time we landed though a day and a half later we were knackered and glad we were being met by ... read more
November 7th 2009
Thursday 22nd October in Fiji, The Coral Coast We arrived at Nadi airport at 4.50am and got given shell necklaces and greeted by a Fijian band. After an hour and a half minibus ride to our resort, the Warwick, on the coral coast, we began to chill out over a big breakfast buffet, with views across the turquoise lagoon to the breakers crashing on the reef. Yes, we had made it to paradise. The resort was nicely landscaped and the rooms were high standard with hardwood polished floors, massive walk-in showers and satellite TV (not that we are watching much - just BBC world). Lots of fish can be seen in the crystal clear lagoon…along with crabs and eels and star fish….and the resort had its own little island which has a restaurant on. We have ... read more
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October 12th 2009
Well after realising that i could not do the online check in i was dreading the seats that we were going to get. Today we decided to chill out and go for a walk down to the grove which i mentioned before and found a sneaky little market; Farmers Market, in there seliing all sorts of things and foods. Well put it this was there was a sticker shop. a shop full of different stickers. COOL!...but no i didnt buy any. We then walked down to Farm Foods which is a kind of supermarket but has a kind of help yourself and then they charge you on the weight. We decided to get some good foods in us, charmaine had a salad with hot chicken, and i had greek salad (with wayyy too much dressing on) ... read more
August 1st 2009
Day 103 (Saturday 01/08/09, NJJ) Left the lodge for Auckland airport for our flight to Fiji. In Duty Free we bought our wedding scents - Marc Jacobs Daisy EDP for me, and I made Jay get a new EDT for the wedding day too! Flight was dealyed by about ½ hour. Got to Nadi (pronounced Nandi!) around 5.30pm. There we had to wait in the lingest passport control line I have ever seen. Our accommodation arranged our transport and so off we went to the Beach Escape Resort - not as class as it sounds but it suited us for the night. Had delicious dinner at the resort restaurant. Our villa is not what I imagine a villa to be like, more of a room totally covered in dark wooden panels, with separate bedroom. Jamie for ... read more
July 26th 2009
Well NZ is now behind us...or infront...Im not sure..I will totally miss it. People for the most part were super friendly (unless your on the wrong side of the road...then they get pretty upset :P Ive gone on about the driving before but it was just so crazie it needs another mention. NZ drivers, drive like they are in a Rally race. For them (the guys at least) "Driving is in the Blood" The slower you go in the mountains the more uncoool you are :P But with all the Head on collisions we saw, uncool was Juuuuuust fine :) Also Locals are able to mouth off to the police!! (we watched some of the Cop reality shows they had, where driving offenders just told cops off ( in T.O. you'd get a Taser to the ... read more
June 14th 2009
Bula (Hello) Everyone! Just a quick note with our pics from Bounty Island in Fiji. We've not had chance to type up a blog yet but thought you might want to see the photo's in the meantime. After a few nice days in Sydney including a whirlwind weekend with friends at Bondi Beach, we've just arrived in Canberra on route to the Snowy Mountains. This is our last night of freedom before we take another coach tomorrow to the town of Jindabyne close to Perisher Ski Resort. Our new employers, Ski Rider, then pick us up from there...back to the grindstone after 7 months haha. Will try to write more soon but there's no internet access at the hotel so not sure when. Wish us luck :) Steve and Maja x P.S Happy fathers day Dad ... read more
April 17th 2009
17th APRIL 2009 - MUD POOLS & VISA WAIVERS We got up at around 7.30am and after getting dressed we headed to the bar to get some breakfast. Pancakes again...hopefully my last because as tasty as they are my clothing fasteners are strugging at the moment!! Following breakfast we packed up, got what we needed for the day and put our luggage in storage until later. We then waited for our 9am pick up to take us to the mud pools!! The taxi was actually on time which is a first in Fiji!! We got in and the guy took us on a 15-20 minute ride to the mudpools. Once again the roads were atrotious; some sort of tarmac company needs to visit Fiji and fast! Once paid we were taken to the mud pool. I ... read more
