Blogs from Fiji, Oceania - page 130

We spent the first week of this sojourn at Castaway Island in the Mamanuca Group off Viti Levu's west coast. It was all very peaceful and relaxing. We spent most of our time lazing on the beach or by the pool, interspersed by the occasional very competitive family table tennis tournament. We still think that this is one of Fiji's very best islands - just rustic enough whilst still being very comfortable, great food, excellent beach and snorkeling, and super friendly and relaxed staff. After a few days Issy and I decided that we'd been overdoing the relaxing just a bit too much, so we made the brave decision to leave our offspring sleeping and head off for a morning hike up to the island's peak. The path was steep and rocky. Would we make it ... read more

Hi everyone, Just a short update as we find ourselves on a day trip to Suva the capital of Fiji and have found a modern internet cafe. The only thing to add from our last missive is that we have met some lovely people here including a guy who was one of the camera men on the recent Love Island series, a couple, the girl of which was born on exactly the same day as Linda, a brilliant pair of Geordies and a young Scottish guy who lived in the same street as the young Beveridge family in South Queensferry. We also went on a boat trip which saw Linda catch a fish! Today is Monday; we fly to LA on Thursday. We will keep you posted. Linda @ Ken Belated Happy Birthday to Jackie... 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

Just a quick report from Fiji. We are staying in a fabulous quiet resort in Mango Bay which is miles and miles from anywhere. Any report would read along the lines of "got up, had breakfast by the beachside pool, lay in the sun, had a swim/massage, ate lunch by the beachside pool, lay in the sun, had a swim in the sea, had dinner and a few drinks, went to bed." Of course the word few could be substituted by the word 'some' or 'a lot', depending on the mood. Although it is quiet, there are still quite a lot of activities going on at night and during the day to keep us going. Before we got here we spent the last few days of our New Zealand trip with Linda's cousin Pauline and her ... read more

Ni sa bula iedereen! Tsja, dat was het dan alweer…. De trip naar Fiji is gekomen, en alweer gegaan. Helaas gaat dat nou eenmaal zo he met vakanties! Het was een heerlijke vakantie, zelfs na een bijna-noodlanding, 2 bijna-schipbreuken, ontelbare muggenbeten, meerdere hondenaanvallen, verscheidenen haaien ontmoetingen en diverse spannende Miami Vice achtige speedboot tochten over het rif!! Kortom, het was weer een vakantie om niet te vergeten... Nou, voordat ik het uitgebreid over Fiji ga hebben eerst even voorzichtig backtracken naar de week ervoor. De trip naar de bergen hadden we net gehad, en het was dus aftellen voordat we naar Fiji zouden gaan. De week was redelijk chaotisch qua werk, maar we hadden ook wel een aantal leuke momenten. Zo hadden we die week 2 afscheidsfeestjes voor collega’s die vertrokken (1 terug naar de VS ... read more