Blogs from Viti Levu, Fiji, Oceania - page 5

Have a look at these photo's from Suva Market. This place is great - very cheap - about $125 Fijian gets us all our fruit and veg for a week - these guys come from their villages to sell. Think you are taking your life into your own hands if you buy the fish - no food standards - as you can see...a few weeks ago a lady with a dead chicken (feathers and all) was sitting in between a couple of the fish sellers. What you do is you hire a guy with a wheelbarrow for around $5 and he follows you around the market to put your stuff in. I miss my berries from Australia but pineapple, banana's, pawpaw is great. ... read more

SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTT...kultursjok Just ankommet til Fiji og hjaelp hvor ubehageligt. Dag 1 Vi ankommer hos Oripa (CouchSurfer) hvor vi skal bo de foerste par dage, hvorefter vi tager til Nadi by. Fiji har det samme koncept som Tonga med Fiji Time hvor alt gaar lidt langsommere. Det moedte vi dog intet af. Nadi er et turisthelvede. Hovedgaden er fyldt med smaa "Tourist informations", der er et andet navn for rejsebureau, hvor de proever at saelge ture. Overalt bliver man stoppet og spurgt, hvor man er fra?, hvor man bor? (ellers kan de godt finde noget) Om man ikke er interesseret i en guided tur til den naermeste landsby eller oe. Ved markedet fandt vi et tiltraengt aandehul, og fik sundet os lidt. Stemningen i Nadi er hektisk, og fuldstaendig og aldeles forskellig fra den stemning vi foer ... read more

On the eve before the Sapphire Princess arrived in Fiji, a Canadian passenger, through the cruise critic website, had arranged in conjunction with Princess cruises to celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving with a traditional turkey dinner in the Santa Fe restaurant. Chris and Roisin had signed up for this event weeks before and were the only 'outsiders' in attendance. Chris was quick to advise others that his great grandmother was Canadian so that makes him 1/8th Canadian and Roisin was his ‘+1'!! The evening started with a ‘happy hour' in the Wheelhouse bar. On entering, Chris and Roisin were immediately spotted by and invited to join a couple they had met on day 1 of the cruise critic role call ‘meet and greet'. This now seems eons ago. Colin and Barbara are from Toronto and are both keen ... read more

Today is my last day in Fiji. I haven’t done much with it. Yesterday’s Seaspray tour was my big farewell treat. Today I just lounged in my bed until I had to check out of the dorm. I spent the afternoon reading, sorting and editing photos on my computer and just taking time to reflect. Coming to Fiji has been at the top of my travel list for years. I’ve “planned” on making the trip here multiple times only to make other life choices or have things come up and get in the way. I began to fear that seeing Fiji was going to become the thing always said I’d do and never did. But I did it. I have such a great sense of satisfaction the entire time I’ve been here, just knowing that I’m ... read more

After two days of nothing but reading, walking the beach and the occasional swim, today I decided I should “do” something. One of the daily offered activities at the Beach House (where I’m staying) is to go on a Jungle Trek with Juta, a man who lives in the village just down the road. I met Juta the first day I arrived here and every day he’s been asking “Canada, are you going to come today?” He was pleased that this morning rather than lounging in one of the beach side hammocks, I had my walking shoes on and was ready to go. There was one other couple on the trek with me - Molly and Jerry live on a small island off of Puerto Rico. The four of us set off, walking first up the ... read more