Blogs from Coral Coast, Viti Levu, Fiji, Oceania - page 4

Well, hopefully you are still reading the blog, it has all been a bit quiet! We have just got back from 10 nights in Fiji. A beatiful island with lovely people. We stayed in a 'bure' which means house, just few metres from the beach. The resort had freat faciltities including a fabulous pool. The walk along the beach was amazing, with a lovely cooling breaze, a fabulous view and the gentle lapping of waves. Best of all, there were loads of hermet crabs. As a result it became tradition to stroll back along the beach after breakfast and spot them. In fact what Bella liked most of all was picking them up and saying "Hello little Fella". The room itself had an outside bath and shower. In case you're wondering it was walled off - ... read more

We flew back to Fiji from Samoa for just a few days. How nice to be back in the land of Bula! :) Just enough time to get another dive in and this was a doosey - a shark feeding dive! I was at first not sure if this was environmentally responsible. Seems that whenever humans upset the natural balance of things there's some critters that lose. Toby was afraid it would be like watching animals fed at a zoo. But other people we had met who had done it raved about it. And they were right!!! After taking a giant stride into the water, I looked down and saw sharks circling below. As soon as we sank to the bottom we saw a huge striped lion fish with white plumage. The dozen of us divers ... read more

BULA!!! thats hello in fijian. Well what a journey so far here in Fiji!!! We've had possibly the worst week of rain iv ever experienced, yet its still been sooooo great. We had a nice last week with darren and kate in sydney, and had the great experience of meeting up with stacey herbert in sydney too. Stacey had just moved over for a year with her friend collette, so we all met at the harbor and had a nice drink and a huge catch up. it was so nice to see some friendly faces from home, and to hear the good old devonshire accent. The flight was fine, as always, and we had 2 nights booked in nadi, just ten mins from the airport. We woke to clear blue skies on our first full day ... read more

Day 178 - Sunday 16 March I've managed to catch up on all my sleep and was feeling rather refreshed at 9am. All the resorts offer to arrange your transport for you but we think like Asia often it might be cheaper to do it yourself and take a local bus. I also think its more fun mixing with the locals. It turns out we were right,although because its a sunday the bus into town wasn´t running. Nethertheless a taxi only cost us a quid each and the bus was $6 (2 quid). God i love Fiji already. It also has a good feel to it unlike Australia or New Zealand so i´m in a really good mood. We haven´t really planned what were doing here infact it was only on a whim a couple of ... read more

Going to Fiji was a rather surreal experience as not only did it mean we had entered into our final two weeks of our world adventure but it also meant (hopefully) paradise. Our decision to base ourselves in one place for the entirity of our Fiji experience was not taken upon lightly, but with dwindling funds and the essence based on chilling, this seemed the most appropriate way. This choice could not have turned out more perfect, our base on the Coral Coast, on the main Island Viti Levu, was beautifully located on the beachfront with a palmtree back-drop. Although the hostel was a good 2 hour drive from Nadi (pronounced Nandi) airport the time flew by as we soaked up the sights of our new surroundings. Fiji has quite and Asian feel with a back ... read more