Fiji Island Hopping

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Fiji was a great time with great people

Arrived on Fiji we decided to go on a 11 nights / 12 days trip on which we would be able to see 5 islands and stay at least one night on a boat between some islands. We had a awesome time and really fun with lots of nice people.

The mainland is not that nice - it's more dirty than the islands and the smell of burned waste is in the air. So it was a good choice to get out to the beautiful and small islands of the Yasawas and Mamanucas. There is a ferry which takes a tour one time up in the morning to the farest islands and it comes back in the late evening to the mainland.
The islands were almost all beautiful with crystal clear water, nice beaches, palms, nice food, friendly people, clean dorms (big sleeping room) and lots of activities. We did snorkeling at awesome reefs and saw Nemo with his friends. Kayaking was also an provided activity. Beachvolleyball, hammocks, frisbee, lazy laying at the beach, reading a book, playing cards or dancing the Bula dance were also common and welcome activities.

What we can say about Fiji:

It's a great place with the beautifullest sunset we ever saw. The islands are small but very nice (only the corals sting into your foot) and the people are very funny. We met a lot of other travellers and had fun together. The water is very warm (28 grad celcius) and there is a huge variety of underwater life. Ideal for snorkeling and diving.

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Photos

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the first day in Nadi - lots of dogs at the beach

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first fijian sunset - not the best one we saw... (the best one comes later :)

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backview to the mainland from the vessel which brought us to the smaller and nice islands of the manaucas and yaswas group

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one of the dorms we slept in. usually up to 40 beds (can be very loud)

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the famous fijian crab-race: crabs are collected at the beach signed with a number on their backs and then they have to run. the owner of the winner crab gets a price...

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a beach boy with some girls

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goooooo crabs goooooo

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that was the price for the owner of the winner crab

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the beach where they made the movie Cast Away with Tom Hanks - very beautiful

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another beach boy with some girls

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it's hard life to be on an island...

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view from our "dining room"

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the Bula dance - very funny (also for the women of the dancers which were laughing louder than us)

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view from the top of a mountain to our resort (front left) in the moring to get the sunrise scene (we went up at 5 !!!)

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it was worth it getting up that early - sunrise on Fiji