http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Fiji/Yasawa-Islands/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Oceania , Fiji , Yasawa Islands en-us Sun, 06 Dec 09 05:18:47 +0000 Sun, 06 Dec 09 05:18:47 +0000 BULA from Fiji Bula is the Fijian word for hello and given the friendly nature of the people hear we must have used this work at least 1000 times After leaving San Francisco at 10pm on 10th November and flying for 11 hours we landed in Fiji at 5am on the 12th NovemberhellipThe more we think about it the more confusing it gets but its basically something to do with the international date line http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Fiji/Yasawa-Islands/blog-454524.html BULALeider koennen wir weder Geraeusche noch Gerueche noch Hueftschwuenge Uebermitteln...aber das Meeresrauschen den bleuhenden Frangipani und den Swing muesst ihr euch einfach vorstellen...viel mehr gibt es eigentlich nicht zu erzaehlenvielleicht eins noch wir hatten eine der besten Wochen unseres LebensUnsere Befuerchtung dass eine Insel fuer eine Woche vielleicht doch zu wenig sein k http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Fiji/Yasawa-Islands/Naviti-Island/blog-452343.html We arrived after a direct flight of 5 hrs from Adelaide.The weather was warm and inviting. Our first night was booked in the Tanoa International at a really cheap rate from Oz.Up early the next morning and it was off to the Yasawas. First stop Manta Ray about 3 hours by the Yasawa Flyer also known as the big yellow boatIt was amazing that a couple of people who worked in the resort remembered u http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Fiji/Yasawa-Islands/blog-450620.html Day 109 Friday 070809 NJJUsual day on the island. Snorkelling together saw some cool fish. Packed our stuff. Went down to the beach most of the resort esidents for a wedding. Delicious evening meal. Watched a Fijian Island Mexe a show. Back to the room. Lay in bed for sleep and it started hammering down with rain and was quite windy too. http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Fiji/Yasawa-Islands/blog-446216.html Day 108 Thursday 060809 NJJOn the beach all day. Ate lush food. We went snorkelling together in the afternoon and it was great to get back in the sea. I was a bit nervous but got over it in no time. Another beautiful sunset. Had a cocktail served in a coconut shell. We were joined for dinner by a group of rich Kiwis who turned out to be nice enough. We watched the crab race then the bonfire http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Fiji/Yasawa-Islands/blog-446215.html Day 107 Wednesday 050809 NJJLay in the sun. Read. Ate delicious food. The sunshine was glorious. Jamie went snorkelling. Watched a beautiful sunset. Drank a cocktail and played cards. After dinner a few of us watched Snatch on the big screen by the pool. http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Fiji/Yasawa-Islands/blog-446210.html Day 106 Tuesday 040809 NJJAll meals during the day were delicious. I was in pain as my cuts and grazes were drying up and the skin was tightening. Covered up in sunscreen then spent the day on the beach. Jamie went snorkelling twice today and I watched wishing I could go in. I had two cocktails in the evening to numb the pain. We played cards in the evening and were joined by an American coup http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Fiji/Yasawa-Islands/blog-446206.html Day 105 Monday 030809 NJJEnjoyed the delicious continental breakfast then down to the beach. Hired snorkelling gear then off into the sea. We had to swim out through a channel as it was low tide and the water over the reef is very shallow and in some places below the reef. We were being very careful not to touch the reef. Then I had cramp and a freak wave knocked me on to the reef. I was pani http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Fiji/Yasawa-Islands/blog-446202.html Day 104 Sunday 020809 NJJHad to get up at 7.45am for breakfast then we were picked up to move on to Octopus Resort. Got to the marina around 9.30am and onto the boat soon after. The boat trip took 1.5 hours and I felt sea sick although apparently the water is quite calm today. Got to Octopus on Waya Island just after 11.30am. Had a welcome with a juice drink then were shown to our bungalow b http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Fiji/Yasawa-Islands/blog-446196.html Out of desperation and essentially survival Allen and I departed the coldweatherplagued island named after the dutch province of Zeeland. We walked almost sprinted from excitement out of the Nadi airport to start ten days of vacation from vacation. Small swells and high prices of the Tavarua and Cloudbreak resorts kept us from channeling our innner Kelly SlatersJeff Hubbards. We settled on http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Fiji/Yasawa-Islands/blog-442453.html BULLA a word you will hear many times whilst you are in Fiji and one you will grow to love as much as you will grow to love this country and all the people that make it great. We stepped off the plane around 5pm and made our way through all the border control process just after we finished customs and were walking through the gate i heard my name go over the tannoy i asked 3 people where i wa http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Fiji/Yasawa-Islands/blog-441902.html Itrsquos been nearly a week since I returned from my trip to Fiji so I figure I should recount the tale of the best trip Irsquove ever taken. I went on the trip with 13 of my friends from Sydney. I apologize in advance for how long this entry is.I arrived in Fiji on Sunday night and promptly hopped on a sketchy bus to the hostel we had a reservation at the Smugglers Cove. Here we had a la http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Fiji/Yasawa-Islands/blog-437730.html BULA BULA BULA Pronounced Boolah FIJI TIME MONDAY 13TH JULY leave LA 10hour flight and 2 days later we arrive in FIJI YAY Wednesday 15TH JULYfound awesome adventures in the airport and we booked our 14days ldquobula passrdquo which is a boat pass for 2 weeks of Island hopping through the yasawa and mamanuca island group of about 30 islands.... Emma had already booked 3 nights for http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Fiji/Yasawa-Islands/blog-436963.html Hi GuysWe've just left Fiji and arrived in Auckland for our New Zealand adventureWe landed in Nadi by 510am and 20 minutes later we had our whole trip planned and paid for with this lovely lady called Vera at the airport. We stayed in Nadi for our first night which isn't the nicest of places but we travelled to the Yasawa islands the day after so it was ok for the one nightThe first leg of http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Fiji/Yasawa-Islands/blog-432920.html My island hopping tour in pictures. http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Fiji/Yasawa-Islands/blog-432778.html Bula Hello in Fijian.After 1 month in New Zealand Nik and I were ready the warmth of Fiji situated 3 hours North East of NZ in the Pacific Ocean. Although having arrived at Christchurch Airport to find our transfer flight to Auckland and flight operator no longer existed our dream of sunshine and sand seemed far from a reality Our immediate shock and panic was calmed by a proactive instinct http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Fiji/Yasawa-Islands/blog-426285.html After a very quick threehour flight we landed at Nadi Nandy airport to be greeted by the rep from our hostel with gorgeous shell necklaces and a wonderful band singing Fijian welcome songs loved it already After a short wait our wonderful driver who even stopped at the supermarket so we could buy some shampoo and sun tan lotion took us to our hostel. Nadi town is very run down and the roa http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Fiji/Yasawa-Islands/blog-418494.html Day 77Today was another one of those boring transit days We checked onto our flight logged onto the internet and discovered that Michael Jackson was dead Which was a real shock We then flew to Nadi on the mainland of Fiji and checked into a hotel near the airport and took a very scary taxi ride to a cashpoint. When I say taxi I honestly believe it was the baggage guys cousin as it was clapped http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Fiji/Yasawa-Islands/blog-415959.html Warning If your sat at your desk at work and its raining and your bored dont read this now If you do then please resist the urge to send abusive emails thank you friendsWhile i've been travelling i've found its really strange sometimes good and sometimes bad that you are so out of touch with world news. I hardly ever get the chance to see a newspaper or a tv and any news I do get is eithe http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Fiji/Yasawa-Islands/Nanuya-Island/blog-411315.html Hey everybodyOnce again we have skipped continents and we are now in ThailandAfter leaving Byron Bay in OZ after a very short time we travelled further up the coast to Brisbane. Luckily we met a couple of aussies on our travels and we spent our first night with Jo and Aaron just outside Brisse. Due to our poor planning we realised we had just 4 nights to go to the gold coast surfers paradise http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Fiji/Yasawa-Islands/Naviti-Island/blog-409103.html