Blogs from Coral Coast, Viti Levu, Fiji, Oceania - page 6

Flight Flight was on time from Melbourne despite that the internet departure times said that the plane was due to depart at 1:55am 2 hours late, so we rang the phone service which reported that it was leaving at the usual time of 11:58pm. The flight was quite full - all seats seemed to be taken with the exception of the two exit rows immediately behind us. So after take-off I grabbed one of the empty exit rows and set up camp and managed to get a few hours sleep after watching a few TV shows. Fiji Nadi is a strange airport, we’re used to landing in unusual airports but this seemed to resemble a freight forwarding centre more than a passenger terminal, large packing boxes seemed to be more the norm than suitcases as we ... read more

So there I was sat in the lobby of the Nadi Bay Resort waiting with anticipation for the Feejee Experience bus to arrive. I hadn't really had the best time of it yet in Fiji and Nadi certainly hadn't set my world alight so I was filled with a real mix of hope and trepidation. When it did arrive I got on and there were only three others on there, it had only made one stop so far and I was the only person getting on at Nadi Bay so I was there with three others who already knew each other, Justin from Southend and a couple Kev and Sarah from Greenwich. We carried on around and picked up an Aussie couple, whose names escape me, Pauline from Leicester, and Rosa from Madrid. We stopped down ... read more

Hey All! Glad to hear you are all wanting more. We wanted to get as many pictures as we could before updating the site, along with the pics come the stories. So we arrived on the 9th September, which was very confusing as mid air we passed the date line, so we left on the 7th and arrived on the 9th, and we were very very tired...Steve actually had an excuse this time. The flight was a hefty 10 hrs 45 mins which we were not expecting which makes Fiji a long way from home at a massive 23 hrs to get here. But we have to say its worth travel and wait. This place is idealic with the most amazing people. They are so welcoming and friendly. It started as soon as we walked off ... read more

It had been a few weekends out of the water so we thought we should head down the coast, a 45 minute drive South from Suva, to do a dive at what is acclaimed as one of the top 10 dive sights in the world. While we were there we figured we might as well take advantage of a great 'local rates' deal at the hotel and stay somewhere flash. The hotel was really lovely, beautiful grounds and really lovely rooms. We got lucky and scored a sea view room (although only paying for the garden view) which was so lovely waking up to in the morning. There's not a great deal to say about this weekend, it was just so relaxing because we didn't do much. We'd had drinks the night before so weren't up ... read more

Hey hey My My, For the past week or so we've been doing the Feejee Experience, a bus tour around the main Fijian island, Viti-Levu. We stopped off to do loads of activities whilst travelling between our destinations. On Day 1 we left Nadi and headed to a nearby Beach, apparently one of the Top 5 in the world and then we visited a Fijian village. We had to wear a sarong whilst walking through the village as not to offend the vilagers' modesty- looked very chic?! The most enjoyable part of day 1 was sandboarding, basically (that word again) this is a bit like sledging, only down sand dunes rather than snowy hills. The walk to the top of the Sand Dunes was knackering, so steep- on reaching the top we had to lie down ... read more