Suva, Viti Levu, Fiji Travel Blogs

No Where To Go But Down
Jul 16, 2003 (5 photos)

... number of beers later, I have nursed my emotional wounds and we have made our way along the southern Fijian coast (of Viti Levu) to Suva, its capital, where we learned that yes, McDonald's food continues to be consistent round the world. We also indulged ...

El Capital
Sep 19, 2004 (6 photos)

So yeah, er..........I'm in Suva. I'm still on one of the main islands (Viti Levi). The trip back from Mana Island was another bumpy water affair. My legs are still tender from my last ride. Simon, Thorsten and I ended up getting a room in a hostel ...

Barking Pigeons
Nov 8, 2003 (7 photos)

... we were there - so we're not quite the bronzed travellers we should be yet. Yesterday we got the bus over to Suva, about a 3 hour ride which we ended up sharing with hoards of very wet and bedraggled looking schoolchildren. Some of the scenery was ...

Would you like fries with that?
Sep 27, 2004

... the term loosely) in town. Blerk! My first impressions of this place is that its friendly but there is certainly a dark undertone, Suva is probably much safer than Adelaide it's just a new place that comes with its own set of rules. Then again that dark ...

Castles made of sand
Aug 25, 2005 (22 photos)

... locals. It's just amazing that these people can sing so well, is it genetic or learned? I really don't know. Ditch arrived in Suva a few days later (can't remember exactly) and was treated to a not-so Fijian welcome of a bee, though he did sample some ...

Happy long life to you!
Sep 30, 2004

As many of you would remember the 30th September marked my 22nd Birthday and how different it felt being in Fiji for the celebrations. On the 29th I managed to get around 30 people together for a Chinese banquet, which was typically huge. Happy Birthday ...

From landing to tropical sickness. My time so far.
Oct 13, 2004

... the term loosely) in town. Blerk! My first impressions of this place is that its friendly but there is certainly a dark undertone, Suva is probably much safer than Adelaide it's just a new place that comes with its own set of rules. Then again that dark ...

Friends, Fishies and Food
Feb 20, 2005 (12 photos)

... it was time to head home on the bus, which got a flat tire and we ended up taking 4 hours to get back to Suva L. I'm seriously looking into getting a helicopter! I am also excited about becoming a time traveler. No I have not met up with Dr Who and ...

The Sulu Massive!
Oct 26, 2004 (8 photos)

... stuff for free (free sewing normally starts for $4 per meter). Bought some great local mats using my new found Fijian word "so levu" (expensive) to great effect when bargaining for a price. Shopping for this type of home wares is a bit of an adventure, ...

Welcome to the Jungle!
Dec 16, 2004 (16 photos)

... and their strange black butter! Boxing day saw me traveling to my local counterpart's village, deep in the heart of Fiji's main island Viti Levu. After 4 hours of driving on some of the worst dirt/rock "roads" I have ever experienced, we arrived, had a ...

The perils of kava
Oct 8, 2004

... . Off to bed around 12 for me kava to the eyeballs. In the morning we travel to Ovalau an island off the east coast of Viti Levu (main island). A very beautiful place that I really did not get to enjoy. Once I arrived I became quite sick and spend the ...

Coopers
Oct 4, 2004 (1 photos)

YES! I think I now share a special empathy with every proud South Australian who has ever been overseas and found the lifeblood of our fair state. Thats right people, I found coopers in the local bottle shop! Its a shame there are no other South ...

MuggingPod Entry
Mar 10, 2005

... the street, so I'm kind of hopeful thats something might turn up. We shall see. For those of you planning trips to Fiji soon please don't be scared, most people here are genuinely wicked and the chances of something like this happening are pretty slim ...

SummaryPod
Apr 18, 2005

... paced short games with high scoring and lots of really awesome runs. RELIGIOUS SIGNIFICANCE: There are 3 main religions in Fiji. Christianity, Hinduism, and Rugby (especially 7's). Work wise I have been working on a content management system to allow non ...

The Kindness Of Randoms
May 28, 2006 (11 photos)

... be that I was back on the beers and gin after a few months break from drinking. We said goodbye to our temporary family in Suva, after what seemed like years, and caught a cargo ship to Taveuni, an island out east which we've been exploring this week. ...

This is the end, beautiful friend
Sep 27, 2004

... travels. A quartet from Bristol, 2 Israeli guys, an Aussie and 2 Japanese. There is this guy staying there called Edwin from Fiji (sounds Australian) staying in the bunk below me, that smokes a lot of bongs. But he's cool. We were all chatting about ...

BBQ world champions!
Nov 4, 2004 (8 photos)

... , awkward silences and weak handshakes we set off around the market. There is no such thing as an awkward silence in Fiji I have discovered, conversations are punctuated frequently by lengthy pauses and vacant stares, but not to worry it's all part of the ...

Suva! Bula!
Sep 28, 2006 (10 photos)

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Hopping islands
Jun 6, 2005 (7 photos)

... comes over in 11 days..WOOT! Then who knows where.. Further on in the piece cyclone Ditch will hit the shores of Fiji.. expecting riots and massive political upheaval due to his visit, but should be fun! The countdown continues with so much still to ...

Life's a bitch in paradise!
Dec 2, 2004 (7 photos)

... area can be home to such an amazing diversity of environments, each exceedingly spectacular (Just to give some perspective Viti Levu, the main island, is a little larger than Kangaroo Island). After around 4 hours of driving we reached Ellington's ...

Paradise Lost
Dec 19, 2003 (10 photos)

... . It was like Morecambe Bay with palm trees, so I quickly escaped to a backpacker resort on the southern 'coral coast' of Viti Levu called the Beachhouse.I went diving there on the coral reef, seeing lots of giant clams and an octopus hiding under a rock. ...

Bula, Beer and Backpackers
Jan 20, 2005 (5 photos)

... the relief effort. A tragic event indeed, but the show must go on...to Robinson Crusoe Island, 2005 and beyond! Walking through Suva with my backpack on, I couldn't help but feel like a tourist and it was amazing how many more people tried to sell me ...

Bula Vinaka!
Oct 6, 2004 (4 photos)

Ok peoples Having a great time in sunny Fiji so far I set up this travelpod web log which should be easier than group emails etc. I have only put 10 addresses in so far, but will be adding more. However if you could forward the url to this site to ...

Jules rules, Suva and cannibals
Jun 10, 2007 (4 photos)

... ;drink more beer and play better sport, hahaha Fiji style. We met some other couchsurfers, Fenton who lives in Suva showed us the Fiji drinking style known as 'Taki'. Someone buys a jug of beer and pours one person a full glass which they have to ...

Captain Cook's Footsteps - Part 2
Dec 17, 2008 (36 photos)

... also a "stay-at-the-resort-and-spend-all-your-money-here" motive behind it).   Our first "target" in Suva was the Fiji museum, where we expected to see the largest collection of Fijian and Polynesian artifacts in the Southern hemisphere (at least ...

Cruise - Suva - Fiji
Aug 26, 2007

We visited islands in the Fiji area. This was one of them.

Oonagh's Photos
Feb 16, 2008

Oonagh Well, we have moved on from the lovely lovely Beachhouse to Suva, the capital of Fiji (oooOOOoo). We were sitting outside the magistrates court today and a man came along and told us about the first coup that happened right there at the courts ...

Rendez-vous
Oct 14, 2005 (1 photos)

... developing and we were not destined to see either the start of Knightrider or the conclusion of the Disney film! We arrived in Suva, Fiji's capital, and went in search of an internet cafe to try and make contact with Toby. By luck Toby checked his e- ...

Aqua blue waters and swimming with dolphins
Apr 4, 2006

... visit This weekend was the highly anticipated trip to the village of Silana on the northeast side of Viti Levu (the main island). We departed Suva around 3:00 by minibus and arrived around 6:30 absolutely covered in dust from the ridiculously bumpy ...

Free computer access at last!
Feb 22, 2006 (6 photos)

... be really interesting, but I'm going to have to spend the rest of the night reading. It's been raining all day here, which is typical Suva weather. The past few days it's only rained for a few hours off and on, but today it hasn't let up at all. As ...