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May 2nd 2008
3 hours after leaving Auckland we touched down at Nadi Airport on the main island of Fiji in the South Pacific. First thing that hit us when we left the aircraft was the heat, 30 degrees or more!! Our initial accommodation was pre booked by e-mail a few days before at Smugglers Cove on Nadi Bay. Looks like the next 17 days here on these islands could be pretty tough, nothing much to do, maybe we will have to just laze about on the beach, read, swim in the ocean, and watch sunsets. Turns out guests at Smugglers can play the local golf course free of charge. Too good a chance to turn down, so I got to experience a round after 7 months. Nadi Airport Golf Club's claim to fame is that Vijay Singh ... read more
April 19th 2008
Bula everyone Lynda here, we are having a WOW in Fiji! I'm glad we didn't listen to all those people telling us to skip Fiji, it's the best. The people are the friendliest we met and the most helpful, nothing is too much trouble AND they make the best LIIT that we've come across although still not as good as the Hideout. We've met some lovely people here including a honeymoon couple called Ruth and Stuart from Brisbane and Donna and Rod from Melbourne, and thanks to them for making our special time here so memorable. The tradition at Crusoes is to announce all new arrivals and sing them a welcome song and then when they leave their goodbye song, both Tina and I had tears in eyes last night when they sang it for us. ... read more
April 3rd 2008
Day 178 - Sunday 16 March I've managed to catch up on all my sleep and was feeling rather refreshed at 9am. All the resorts offer to arrange your transport for you but we think like Asia often it might be cheaper to do it yourself and take a local bus. I also think its more fun mixing with the locals. It turns out we were right,although because its a sunday the bus into town wasn´t running. Nethertheless a taxi only cost us a quid each and the bus was $6 (2 quid). God i love Fiji already. It also has a good feel to it unlike Australia or New Zealand so i´m in a really good mood. We haven´t really planned what were doing here infact it was only on a whim a couple of ... read more
March 25th 2008
I spent the Easter long weekend with the Rucksack Club in the Viti Levu highlands. This trip was to Heaven's Edge about 2 hours inland from Nadi. On Good Friday the plan was to walk from Nagado Village to Heaven's Edge. No one was really sure how long it would take to do the walk with estimates of somewhere between 2 hours and 9 hours! We started off around 10am and it was a good but tiring walk through the mountains til lunchtime. An hour later, 5 of the group went with one of the guides on a 'shortcut' up the mountain. I stayed on the main path with the rest of the group because even though my star sign is the goat (Capricorn) - nimble as a mountain goat does not really describe my talent ... read more
March 9th 2008
Fiji har rundt 800.000 innbyggere og har vaert bebodd i mer enn 3000 aar. Landet bestaar av ca. 300 oyer hvor de to storste er Vitu Levu og Vanua Levu. Det offisielle spraaket er engelsk, og det snakker saa godt som alle. De har ogsaa sitt eget spraak, fijiansk, og den store indiske delen av befolkningen snakker fiji-hindi ved siden av engelsk. Pga. av forsinkelsene paa flyplassen kom vi til Nadi ariport kl. 3 om natten. Trotte og uten noe sted aa sove saa vi sikkert litt raadville ut. Det kom i hvertfall raskt en dame som henviste oss til et reisebyraa. Mannen var svaer aa skummel og tok oss med opp i 2 etasje. Han var veldig slow motion og dro ut "motet" i det uendelige, med roverhistoriene sine. Vi derimot satt aa trippet paa ... read more
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February 29th 2008
This morning I got up at 7. Again the weather was scorching so I piled on the factor 25. We headed out on a jungle trek (well.. those who could be bothered) the first hour was just constant uphill and everyone was literally dripping with sweat as it was quite exposed with no shade. It had been raining constantly in Fiji for a week before I arrived so the whole path was very slippy and muddy with red clay but very unlike me I managed to stay on my feet for the whole time! After another couple of hours walking through the jungle we reached a river which was nice and cool although very brown and muddy - have absolutely ruined my trainers in the first few days!! After some well desterved lunch - I was ... read more
Snap Crackle and Beqa Lagoon, Diving in Paradise
Published: February 22nd 2008Oceania » Fiji » Viti Levu » Coral Coast
February 15th 2008
The second half of our week comprised mostly of diving. As it had been two months since our last dives we were keen to get back in the water. We went with a local company and soon realised Fiji has very relaxed laws. As we are open water divers, technically we are only allowed to go to a maximum depth of 18m. Our Fijian instructor however decided 29m seemed more suitable!! In diving terms this would be classed as a deep dive, oh well! We went to a site called Snap Crackle where we saw a cave, pretty cool especially as its the first we have seen. A huge lobster poked his head out and a very inquistive turtle came to within inches of Becs S. Although not particularly different from previous dives, the visibility was ... read more
February 12th 2008
Going to Fiji was a rather surreal experience as not only did it mean we had entered into our final two weeks of our world adventure but it also meant (hopefully) paradise. Our decision to base ourselves in one place for the entirity of our Fiji experience was not taken upon lightly, but with dwindling funds and the essence based on chilling, this seemed the most appropriate way. This choice could not have turned out more perfect, our base on the Coral Coast, on the main Island Viti Levu, was beautifully located on the beachfront with a palmtree back-drop. Although the hostel was a good 2 hour drive from Nadi (pronounced Nandi) airport the time flew by as we soaked up the sights of our new surroundings. Fiji has quite and Asian feel with a back ... read more
January 9th 2008
Nothing much to report today, got packed up, checked out and headed to the airport, turned out we had a 4 hour delay which is not good with a bit of a hangover so we hijacked 4 chairs each and went to sleep! We did get a free lunch though which was good and met Gun and Leaf again! They are stalking us I think! ha ha! So arrived in Auckland quite later than expected, found some accom and headed there in the shuttle bus - exciting times I know, I bet you guys can't wait to read the next line... yep, we went to bed! Night Night! xxx Sorry no photos today and my camera battery has just died so I can't even put any random ones on here! Sorry!... read more
January 8th 2008
Had a nice sleep without any damp bedding! hurray! Done the washing and had a nice lie in - luurvely! Decided to go into Nadi town today so we got sorted and jumped on the local bus! All the kids were staring at us as we're white which was funny! If you gave them a smile though they would give you a cheesy grin back! Well cute! Anyhow, Nadi town centre is erm, how would i decribe it! I am not sure, some bits are run down and some bits aren;t. We asked a man for directions on the bus and he was an off duty policeman - always handy! and showed us the way - good old Jo - He likes manchester United! He watched them win the other day as well apparently?! anyhow its ... read more
