Blogs from Fiji, Oceania - page 152

Hi! It's hot. We're sweating like pigs. Email is v expensive have 1 min left We're ok. Not dead No air con, so might as well be sat on beach with hammocks love lots r and r xxxxxxxxxxxxxx... read more

With no job, a ridiculous shaggy haircut, and not a lot of money, I have very quickly become distant to my former life as an International Playboy. And the final remnants of my former existence ran out at the end of 2004 with the expiry of my British Airways Executive Club Card. It did, however, give me one last hurrah, as it gained me access to the Qantas lounge in Auckland airport during our 10 hour layover in between arriving from Tahiti, and flying out to Fiji. With the Auckland rain dissuading us from a sightseeing trip around the city; we took refuge in the executive lounge, with free internet, luxury showers, and plentiful food, drink and newspapers. My Hawaiian shirt, board shorts and flip flops got the odd disapproving stare, and the lady who ran ... read more

Bula Vinaka! What a beautiful country!! 'Lapped by clear warm turquoise coloured water, fringed with vibrant coral reef and cloaked in the emerald green of the tropics fiji is the paradise seekers dream come true'. From Lonely Planet 2004. i cant put it better than that! Stepping off the plane at Nadi airport your body is instantly envoloped with a warm suffocating humidity & you immediately feel you are in a foreign land. There is a party atmosphere everything is totally relaxed (fiji time). Which basically means you add 20 minutes onto everything. Which means everybody here is a lazy git. Which means i was at home here. Your senses are bombarded with the smell of fresh fruits on a nearby market, the fijians have tendancy to spontaneously break out into song with drums and guitars! ... read more

hi all,i'm sitting in L.A and can't believe the hustle and buustle of life here compared to fiji.the airport alone is so big and i feel like an annoying mosquito.i miss the little Nadi airport that looked like it was held up by matchsticks. Raju was worried thati would have problems with my luggage and i had to give him a quick lesson on flutter power.god bless men and their powerlessness towards women. i had a great flight,slept through the movie of course.i'm sure my family knows the deal with me and t.v. looking forward to seeing everyone but not looking forward to the long layover(3hours).WHERE'S THE BAr.when i think of seeing kirin's face and the wonder she must feel not having her mom on a daily basis near her makes me sad.i hope she understands ... read more

Stayed in the pool and the dorm most of the day as I had a heat rash on my arms. Met a guy called Geoff who was on the bus before I went to Beachcomber. Had a few beers with him and a guy he met on a surfing trip he had just been on Chris. He was from cornwall and was leaving on the same flight I was to Auckland at 5am the next morning so we promised to get the other up if he wasnt awake. Everybody in the hostel seemed to join our table so it got quite late and Me and Chris only just got up intime for our flight. Got a taxi to the airport and waited in the airport for longer than the flight was going to take!!!... read more