Blogs from Nadi, Viti Levu, Fiji, Oceania
7.5. - Warmes und heißes Wasser, Schlamm und Fruchsaft
Published: May 8th 2011Oceania » Fiji » Viti Levu » Nadi
May 7th 2011
Bin genau zur richtigen Zeit aufgewacht, also gegen 8h ohne mir den Wecker zu stellen. Ein gemütliches Frühstück bei beginnendem Sonnenschein hat schon erwarten lassen, dass der Tag ein guter wird Ich hab noch ein anderes Mädl, Luna aus Holland beim Frühstück getroffen, und sie hat uns begleitet, weil heute ihr letzter Tag war und sie sowieso nirgends großartig hinfahren hat können. Um 9h waren wir dann alle versammelt. Scherz. Kann ja nicht sein, dass alle Frauen pünktlich sind. Aber auf Fiji gibt’s sowieso „Fiji Time“. Das ist wirklich ein gebräuchlicher Begriff hier, den auch die Einheimischen verwenden. Und zwar bedeutet das, dass man die Zeitangabe nicht wirklich genau nehmen darf. Wenn ein Bus um 4h Fiji Time kommt, dann kann man schon mal mit halb fünf rechnen. Ist sehr entspannt und gut so, sobald man ... read more
October 2nd 2010
Today is my last day in Fiji. I haven’t done much with it. Yesterday’s Seaspray tour was my big farewell treat. Today I just lounged in my bed until I had to check out of the dorm. I spent the afternoon reading, sorting and editing photos on my computer and just taking time to reflect. Coming to Fiji has been at the top of my travel list for years. I’ve “planned” on making the trip here multiple times only to make other life choices or have things come up and get in the way. I began to fear that seeing Fiji was going to become the thing always said I’d do and never did. But I did it. I have such a great sense of satisfaction the entire time I’ve been here, just knowing that I’m ... read more
May 21st 2010
We made it to Fiji for our honeymoon adventure! It was quite an adventure—an hour flight from Raleigh to DC, a 2-hour layover, 5 hours to LA, a 3-hour layover, then 10.5 hours to Nadi, Fiji (with a dose of Ambien to help get through that flight). We were then picked up by a driver in an older, black Mercedes and driven 2.5 hours to the south side of the island. By that time it was 10am Fiji time, and we were supposed to be met by a boat to get us to the first island where we are staying, but we were told the water was too choppy for a small boat, and all 3 of the big boats were out on dive trips. So the driver dropped us at a resort called The Pearl, ... read more
April 4th 2010
Je savais depuis un bout de temps que Vancouver allait être mon point de chute, de l'autre côté du vaste Pacifique. Ce que je ne savais pas, en revanche, c'est qu'allait m'être offerte la chance de faire deux arrêts imprévus sur la route. Après quelques heures de farfouille sur la toile et des réservations forcées dans une agence de voyage de Melbourne, je me suis retrouvé avec trois e-ticket en poche : Auckland – Nadi, Nadi – Honolulu, Honolulu – Vancouver; le tout pour un peu moins cher qu'un vol direct. Chic ! Bon, au final, l'opération s'est en fait avérée un peu plus couteuse que prévue. Une erreur dans les dates de réservation par cette foutue agence et une confiance mal placée de ma part m'ont forcé à reprogrammer mon dernier vol vers la Canada. ... read more
Fiji, Nadi, Coral View, Korovau, Waya Lai Lai, South Sea
Published: March 14th 2010Oceania » Fiji » Viti Levu » Nadi
March 14th 2010
BULA! We arrived in Nadi International on the mainland Fiji, 6th March at 6:00am. We had a short transfer to the Hostel, which was more like a hotel than a hostel with two pools and two restaurants, a movie room and games room. We quickly felt at home! As we started early we lazed around in the sunshine by the pool. After recovering from some jet lag, we lost the 5th of march, it never happened, we had dinner in the restaurant which was really good food and cheap. We re-packed leaving some heavier thicker clothing at the hostel on the mainland. Our island hopping adventure started at 6:30am; after breakfast we jumped aboard the window less bus to take us to the marina. Denarau port was very pleasant with a golf course winding between the ... read more
March 6th 2010
I left San Francisco at 3pm thinking my flight was at 18.50 but i got put on the earier 4pm flight to LA then a 3hr connecting flight over to Fiji. I left at 9pm LA time on 20th feb and arrived at 6am on 22nd in Nadi having crossed the international date line. Fiji is one of the closest countries to the date line meaning that it is one of the earliest place of daybreak in the world. This made me think that as I saw the sunrise on Monday i would be one of the first people on the planet to welcome in this new day. Back in England this would not be seen for another 13hrs! I got a shuttle bus to my hotel, which is on the same bay as the airport ... read more
May 8th 2009
Dear all, Here I am in Fiji! Yes I am in paradise and so you would think that I would be feeling blissfully relaxed..but sadly it was not to be! We flew in two weeks ago and after spending two nights in Nadi we went down to the Coral Coast. We stayed in a room in the village of Korotogo. For the first three days we hired a car as there was some diving that we wanted to do which was a couple of hours away. So we drove to Pacific Harbour and did a days diving on Shark Reef in Beqa Lagoon. We dropped down to 30 metres and sat on the bottom and then the divemasters let out a mixture of fish guts which attracted a lot of fish! There were huge trevally’s but ... read more
The pools, loungers and beaches of mainland... v.holiday.
Published: May 23rd 2009Oceania » Fiji » Viti Levu » Nadi
April 12th 2009
12/4/09 = From Beach House to Mango Bay = Easter Sunday Woke up lots of times in night itching. Not mosquitoes, not sandflies...but ants. I hate you ants of Robinson Crusoe! That was also way woke up at 7:30, itching. Got changed and went straight for breakfast. Found kitchen easy enough - couldn’t see anything when arrived in dark last night - and glad to see breakfast had already started, with plenty of options. Made cup of tea, started on cereal, then Deb came down too. Followed up ceral with toast and juice - got to make the most of these free breakfasts - and when totally full, went to reception to both check in and out. Moving on to Mango Bay resort today. Orangised pick up for Mango at midday so at least had a ... read more
January 7th 2009
So I woke up in the middle of the night to my eye burring terribly. I had slept on the plane with my contacts in and fallen asleep the night before with them in. My eye continued to puss through out the night and was red in the morning. i then started to fear pink eye. But we were headed out to surf so i had to put the contacts back in and sucked it up. The boat left to go to the reefs to surf at 7:30 which is late in the surfing dawn patrol life but whatever. So we head out to the first spot willks pass. And the wind isnt right and looks really tiny so we went onward to desperations. Which didnt look much better but seeing as we all were desperate ... read more
January 3rd 2009
Alright let me first warn whoever reads this that I am a horrible at grammar, typing, and spelling and i tend to ramble So bare with me. That said lets start my Journal Well i left the States Jan 3rd for a 4 month trip around the pacific and Asia. My flights were fine. I flew from JFK to LA where i had a 2 hour delay because the pilot was sick. I had checked my surfboard in JFK and didnt get charged for it which is under heard of and super lucky. But when i got to LA Air Pacific made me check my other bag because it was to heavy and they had a baggage screening there and the line was massive but i wound up talking to a LA guy that moved to ... read more
