Blogs from Nadi, Viti Levu, Fiji, Oceania - page 4

Hey!!!! Hope everyones well!!! Gonna change the format for Fiji cos otherwise you will all get very bored of me sunbathing and lying in hammocks all day (haha!!!) so i'll whizz through it all in one lump!!! Got picked up from the airport and taken to the hostel where luckily my room was air conditioned cos even though it was raining it was still ridiculosly hot!!!! that evening a group called the Kavaholics were doing a very laid back show where u basically sit on a mat and listen to them play guitars and drink Kava but first we had to become a member by taking part in a Kava ceremony where u learn the traditional way of drinking it!!!Kava is non alcoholic so cant really understand why they drink it cos it tastes like muddy ... read more

becoming a certified diver In fiji, I learned to dive and am now a certivied 'junior open water' scuba diver with PADI the Professional Asociation of Diving Instructors..!! It wasd fantastic, first I did the discover scuba diving course and liked it so much I did the open water course. I had to do 5 swimming pool diving sessions and four open water dives and some theory. The diving on the coral reefs was amazing. I saw two baby white tipped shark s which were hiding in a little cave, I also saw a black white and orange 'nemo'h next to its home anenome. We saw a big green moray eel hiding in a hidy hole, and just millions and millions of fantastic coloured fish. All in all a fantastic time. We are now off to ... read more

FRENCH Le vol Air Pacific FJ811 était pratiquement vide: un Boeing 747 avec personne dedans! La classe éco se résumant à Jason, moi et 2 ou 3 autres pelés, on avait tous une rangée de sièges chacun. Malgré tout, je n’ai pas réussi à fermer l’œil de la nuit/journée, parce que je n’arrive jamais à dormir dans les avions… ou les trains, les bus etc... Après 11 heures de vol, on a finalement atterri à l’aéroport de Nadi, non pas le lendemain, mais le surlendemain à 6h30 du mat’ (passage de la ligne de changement de date oblige) sous une pluie d’enfer. C’est l’été!... Ce qui veut aussi dire la saison des pluies à Fidji. Yahoo! Nous avons passé notre première journée à Nadi pour dormir un peu et essayer de formuler un plan d'action pour ... read more

Hey Everyone, Just read your comments! Mom and Dad, I am alive (haha) and getting accustomed to this whole idea of travelling. The best part of course is talking to as many people as you can about their trips and of course talking to true Fijian's to get an idea of how their quality of life is here. We will try to write about that later. So far we have run into a bunch of people from England. So many that Keith and I may come back with an English acent (not really). I apologize for the spelling in advance, but I don't have much time to worry about my grammar. To answer your question Matt. Our flight out of Toronto went through Vancouver (saw the rocky mountains). I must say all the flights were exhausting. ... read more

I had to spend about 8 hours in this quite rustic airport. The airconditioning was a bit weak/nonexistant. I was a shame I did not get a chance to see Figi itself since airport transfers are such a bore, frankly I was was glad to leave, especially from that really irritating local music that they played everywhere. Minun piti viettää noin 8 tuntia tässä aika primitiivisessä lentokentässä. En oiken uskaltanut juuri syödä mitään, ja ilmastointi ei oikein toiminut ja kaikkialla soi tosi ärsyttävä paikallinen musiikki.... read more