Blogs from Fiji, Oceania - page 147

Woke up at 2:30 am. Took some Sonata and slept until 5:30 am. Starting to adjust. We met a Kiwi named Julie that is leaving today. At breakfast she gave us her address and phone number and said if we get near her home we could stay with her. It doesn’t look like we will be close to her city. Surprisingly, Michael and I laid around on the beach until about 3:00 pm, then found out that we will not be able to take the sea cruise we had hoped to take on Friday, so we set it up for Saturday. Ate dinner at the beach restaurant and made friends with Vince and Dee from Rotorua. They both work at a car lot and want to get together when we get to Rotorua. Went home at ... read more

Woke up on plane about 2:00 am Fiji time. Crossed international date line enroute, so Monday was totally missed. Landed in Fiji around 5:00 am. Lines through immigration and customs were long and slow, but no problems getting through. Driver was waiting to take us to Anchorage Beach Resort. Resort is remote, but very nice. We are staying in a beach bure (bu-ray) that is new, with comfortable lounge chairs and our own Jacuzzi on the deck outside. It has floor to ceiling wooden shutters to the outside and some kind of air conditioning unit. There is a beautiful Infinity pool at the beach area and when you are in it you can’t tell where the pool stops and the ocean begins. Some new bures are under construction and it is interesting to watch their primitive ... read more

Hi All, This is our first entry, so apologies if it does not work as we want it to. We have just arrived in Auckland and it has hardly stopped raining and there is a severe snow warning. So we are sort of wondering why we left Fiji! I am sure that will become apparent as we start to travel around, but Fiji has given it a lot to live up to. Anyway, Fiji was, if you had not already guessed, incredible. It totally took our breath away! The weather was amazing, but that was a tiny part of our wonderful experience. We joined the Feejee Experience bus on Tuesday morning and set off around the island on a trip that would last four days and three nights. To cut a long story short we went ... read more

We make a few calls (well Sarah does) straight after "breakfast". We manage to find accom at Octopus Resort...its about half an hour away on the YF and was one of our original target resorts. There's a downside, or so we thought. The only accom available is a tent. We can have it for 3 nights. We need to get away from Kuata so we go for it. It would be a decision we would not regret. First impressions of Octopus are good. A large crescent shaped beach. We are met in the traditional Fijian way...a song and big warm smiles all round......we're already starting to like it. We are led from the boat to a brief welcome meeting headed up by Jim....welcome drinks all round. Its hard to wipe the smiles from our faces. We ... read more

We're leaving Bounty Island today. We havent been able to get into any of our other "chosen" resorts of Otto and Fanny's, Octopus or Oarsmans Bay. They're all full. Instead we head for Kuata Resort...the gateway to the Yasawa's. Its not really covered in the guide books but we have seen their own brochure. We get the transfer boat to the YF and we are soon on our way. Travelling with us is is Hobarts answer to John Cleese (see pic and you'll see what I mean..) The cost is FJ$ 65 each (about 20 quid). We arrive bang on time (as usual) at 11am. It looks like a good choice.....but as Sarah know's appearances can be deceptive. We are checked into Bure Nr 8. Its costing us FJ$ 130 a night for the Bure and ... read more