Blogs from Yasawa Islands, Fiji, Oceania - page 8

THE JOURNEY 29th January - 5th February: FIJI (Yasawa Islands) - 5th February - 27th February: New Zealand north & south islands - 27th February - 5th April: OZ - 5th April - 13th June: SE Asia (Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia & Laos) - 14th June - 28th July: Peru & Bolivia (Amazon Rainforest & Inca Trail) - 29th July: HOME SWEET HOME ... read more

It was Penblwydd Hapus to Elin this morning who received a delightful birthday card/post card before heading to yet another mammoth breakfast complete with candles in her muffin!! After breakfast we sunbathed by the pool before having yet another amazing lunch! After lunch we took part in traditional Fijian weaving, Elin and Becky crafting some bracelets and Camilla a book mark! More lounging then took place before we set off into the sunset to catch some fish!! After 2 hours lying on the boat with our hand lines not tempting any fish we headed back to shore where we quickly showered for dinner and lots of cocktails......some enjoying more than others!!! Tonights even was shots for shots volleyball which saw us receiving a few more shots of rum punch than most considering our rather questionable volleyball ... read more

This morning we ate like kings before heading up across the mountain to the other side of the island to the little of village of Nalauwaki for Sunday morning church! The beach in front of the village was dominated by the stunning mountain peaks and so after walking through the little village we got into the church where we sat with the locals. The singing was beautiful but the preacher was rather forceful in his delivery and so after 15 minutes of him shouting at the congregation we decided to head back to the resort where we basked in sun before lunch! After lunch and a little more lounging we headed to the sea where we snorkelled over the reef in the clearest water we'd ever seen! The fish were amazing and the coral was so ... read more

Desert island holidays had lost much of their appeal after the Caribbean so we shortened our stay on Fiji to two weeks. We really weren't sure what to expect so we decided that two weeks was short enough if Fiji turned out to be another Caribbean disappointment and long enough if it was a Californian dream to enjoy ourselves. We booked two nights near Nadi, the largest city on the “mainland” of Viti Levu after Suva, the capital, and ten minutes from the international airport. We stayed just outside of Nadi in New Town, at a very reasonable little place called New Town Beach Motel. The owner was an Indo-Fijian who was extremely helpful and made our stay very pleasant. Fiji seems to be one of those places that suffers from either too much or too ... read more

I arrived in Fiji on the 25th July and was really looking forward to 8 days of laying horizontal, reading books and listening to music. I had been travelling non stop for 6 and a half months at this point and was ready for some relaxation, to switch off and not worry about where I was going, how I was going to get there and what I was going to do when I got there. And Fiji is the perfect place for this! I stayed my first night at the Smugglers Cove resort on the mainland, where I had a bed booked in the 60 bed dorm! It wasn’t as bad as it sounds as people seemed to be there for their first night, or their last night and so not much partying was witnessed and ... read more