Blogs from Yasawa Islands, Fiji, Oceania - page 2

So we arrived in Nadi on the 20th May, we were greeted at the airport with Fijians singing and playing guitars giving us a big Bula welcome, (for those of you that haven't visited Fiji Bula means hello/welcome). When we arrived in Nadi city it wasn't the Fiji we were expecting because there was no crystal clear water or white sandy beach. Instead Nadi was very much the stopover city used when visiting the Yaswai Islands. Before we visited the Islands we decided to venture into Nadi and Lotoka city to experience the Fijian way of life, we travelled on a traditional Fijian bus with no windows. It was very bumpy but great to get involved in the culture. Lotoka was great, there were fresh fruit and fish markets and traditional shops to explore without any ... read more

Fiji 2014 Sun Jun 15th We left Adelaide on the red eye to Sydney at 6am in the morning. It was about 8 degrees and still dark. We landed in Fiji at 3.30 their time to lovely warm sunny weather. We caught the Club Fiji shuttle bus and managed to smuggle mum and Monika on as well even though their transport wasn't included in their hotel fees. The place was nice enough but we couldn't wait to get off the mainland to the real beauty of Fiji. The barking dogs made it almost impossible to sleep at night. We caught a mini bus into Nadi the following morning to exchange money and have a look around. We soon wanted to leave the enthusiastic sales people of Nadi to get back for a quick swim in the ... read more

Bula Fiji: Traumstrand (Stichwort Bacardi-Werbung!), wunderschönes Korallenriff direkt in der Bucht, viele, viele kleine kaum oder un-bewohnte Inselchen, endloser Ozean, blauer Himmel, vorbeiziehende Wolken, ein paar Cocktails an der Bar, 30°C im Schatten. Es ist unglaublich: nach 2 Stunden auf der Insel erschien der Tag schon fast stressig, wenn man´s zum Frühstück pünktlich schaffen muss … alles passierte irgendwie 2 Gänge langsamer, das Arbeiten der Angestellten war faktisch im Zeitlupentempo. Aber selbst daran gewöhnt man sich und beginnt selbst, jede unnötige Bewegung zu vermeiden. Erlebt haben wir trotzdem einiges: * jeden Tag in der prallen Mittagssonne und zum Sonnenuntergang mit den Einheimischen recht gepflegtes 6 gegen 6 Volleyball spielen; * Schnorcheln, falls Strömungen und Gezeiten es zulassen; * die Quiz-Night und damit jede Menge Champagner gewinnen und viele nette... read more

Op 25 februari vertrok in vanuit Sydney vroeg in de ochtend naar Nadi, een stad aan de westelijke kant van het hoofdeiland Vitu Levu. De vlucht had wat vertraging maar verliep verder, zoals alle andere tot dusver, goed. Ik verbleef maar 1 nacht op het hoofdeiland van Fiji want ik vertrok de dag erop naar Nacula eiland in de Yasawa eilanden groep aan de westerse kant van Fiji. Meteen als je aankomt op de luchthaven staan er enkele lokale inwoners al zingend en met de gitaar in de hand je op te wachten. Kwestie van je meteen hartelijk welkom te heten. De luchthaven zelf stelde niet veel voor en ik was er dan ook vrij vlot doorheen Buiten moest ik even wachten op de bus die mij naar mijn hostel zou brengen. Ik was al vroeg ... read more

Unfortunately we awoke to rain (it hadn't stopped all night!) and the forecast for the day wasn't great. We had booked onto the caves trip but a minimum of 5 guests from the local resorts are needed to run the trip and the rain had put everyone off so it was cancelled - hopefully more people will want to go tomorrow. So instead we decided to do the Nacula hike up into the hills. There were some great views from up there and the land really is untouched. After lunch 10 more guests arrived, along with 8 travel agents (resort inspection). The rain really started pouring down and so it was back to chess and basket weaving! Guess what - I beat James at chess for the first time ever! Dinner was fab, Nabua lodge serves ... read more