Blogs from Mamanuca Islands, Fiji, Oceania

Bula from Fiji!! I was a little worried before I got to Fiji as I had read there was a cyclone arriving the day after I arrived. I emailed my airline to check on my flight and they assured me my flight would still be going ahead. I arrived and...no rain! Phew! The other side of the island, however, had been affected quite badly where some people had to be evacuated. Fiji is a beautiful, friendly, relaxed place. The Fiji experience started at the airport where I was welcomed by people playing music, friendly smiles, people shaking my hand asking my name...so much different from when I left New Zealand where the security person checking my passport shouted at me for not moving quickly enough. Why on earth people that work at airports think it is ... read more

Today I took a catamaran,(way bigger than I thought) to the Beachcomer island, part of the mamanuca island chain. I decided to take a day trip as I heard this how many people go about visiting the Beachcomber island. I had the time of my life, I took the seafari trip and got to visit the island where Cast Away the movie was filmed. I love that movie and the island was insanely beautiful. The people at the beachcomber resort greeted me with a 4 person band playing ukuleles ! We then visited a village and drank kava and hung out with the locals. The beaches are great, my room was very clean and the bar served decently priced drinks, not to mention th music. I cant wait to see what fiji has in store for ... read more

Bula! Sunday 16th September – Nadi, Fiji It was light outside by the time we arrived at 6.30am ish from Samoa and we had a really bumpy landing. The whole arrivals process was much much quicker than when I arrived in Fiji last November. They did insist on starting to search my luggage because they could see fruit on the scanner… there was no fruit! I sorted out a new Fiji SIM and found my transfer to the Smuggler’s Cove hostel. We had a couple of stops on the way through Nadi to pick up supplies. The people were so friendly and welcoming at Smuggler’s and although it was so early I could check straight in. The girls dorm was really nice, I’d normally stay in a mixed dorm but had chosen the girls because it ... read more

Sun, sea, hammocks, scuba diving, drinking games and card games of shithead... read more

We took a very early morning flight from Adelaide through Melbourne to Nadi, Fiji. It was a very comfortable trip and we arrived to sunny Nadi at around 330pm. We were both very excited for our helicopter transfer to Matamanoa Island. Matamanoa Island is a small, intimate and secluded Fiji Resort set in the beautiful Mamanuca Islands approximately 30 kilometres West of Nadi International Airport. The Island boasts a volcanic cone jutting out of the turquoise/aqua blue waters of this unspoilt area of the Fiji Islands. Clad with dense bush and palm trees, the brilliance of the vegetation contrasts magnificently with the white curved sandy beach and pristine coral reefs. Fiji is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about 1,100 nautical miles (2,000 km; 1,300 mi) northeast of New Zealand's North Island. ... read more

Bula from Fiji! We arrived safe and sound on Thursday morning, stayed on the main land in Nadi for one night visiting the mud pools during the day but then an early night ready for the Yasaw Flyer to the Blue Lagoon Beach Resort on friday morning which is on Nacula Island, the furthest island of the Yasawa group. We arrived just in time for lunch to an amazing Fijian welcome. This place can only be described as paradise - the beach was so beautiful, the staff were so friendly and not busy which was perfect. Yesterday we visited some limestone caves, the first of which was open so the sun shone through, the second was closed and you had to swim under water for 10 seconds to get into it! And once you were, you ... read more