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Taveuni Island Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Taveuni Island, Fiji
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Rainbow Reef, water slide, vilage visit
... For lunch we had a burger and fries. After the dive we "sailed" to a very small Polynesian village on Kioa Island (north west of Taveuni). More like an education thing. we looked at their schools and hand crafted goods (we bought a little basket woven ...
Mystery Island
... I will probably remember for the rest of my life... how many people can say they were able to do all of that in Fiji?! We returned to the main island around dinner time. The boat docks in a tourist area, so we ate at the Hard Rock Cafe tonight and ...
300
bula from taveuni island in fiji! as the name of this entry suggests, believe it or not folks (how Dell does that sound?!) this is my 300th day away from home. this time 300 days ago i was sitting in the airport lounge wondering what intrepid ...
Taveuni Island: Feejee Stylee
... , some nearing cardiac arrest. Many hours passed (with the TV programs on repeat) and we arrived at the Garden Island of Taveuni. Eager to disembark the ship a.s.a.p we met a driver who took us to a beach where we took a bouncy speedboat to Maqui ...
Diving, beaching and ‘Lovo’-ing in Fij
... the plane – a new experience)out over the main island and several reefs to a place we had chosen off Taveuni island. There then followed a small moment of confusion when we realised that we had crossed the International Dateline and were actually ...
Bula!
We arrived back at Nadi airport for our flight to Taveuni, after about 30 minutes of waiting our names were called out and we were asked to make our way to the check in counter. At first we thought it was because our bags might have been over weight but ...
Waterfalls near Levena
We did our first dive at 7am at Three Sisters (Matei-Taveuni). My treasure hunting was successful today as I found a functioning dive computer on the seafloor. We did a nice dive through a maybe 8m tunnel. Second dive at 9:30am (The Big Blue). Here we ...
Goodbye Taveuni, Hello Vanu Levu
... our pre-purchased cattle class ferry tickets we boarded the rustic or should that be rusty, MV Suilven, bound for Savusavu on the island of Vanu Levu. A fine vessel, in fact the very same that had brought the doors for the new bungalow at Aroha. Boarding ...
Bumpy Landing at the The Garden Island!
... it? Anyway, after the briefest security check we boarded our little flying machine for the 90 minute hop North East to Taveuni Island. We were taken through the usual safety briefing stuff by the steward who then promptly clambered into the ...
Drama At Aroha!
... . The sun has just come up (6am Wednesday, 7pm Tuesday for you guys). Today we are taking a small boat across to a deserted island about a mile off-shore from Aroha to do some snorkelling, some nature study and have a picnic. Don’t worry I will be ...
A Busy Few Days
... it that the colours of the fish and the coral were amazing. On Thursday we decided to tour the whole of Taveuni by car. As you can expect, renting a car in Fiji has its own quirks. First of all the car is rented by the grocery shop, where you ask for ...
Taveuni in the Storm
We were told today we had to make the speedboat journey in the storm to Taveuni! Before leaving we had a bun race. Holly got the bun off first and stew ate it first. We made pizza with tuna and tomato as they have no cheese, ...
Family Times in Fiji
... the main airport of Fiji. Suva, the capital is 190km east of Nadi and on the same 'Big Island'. Known as the Garden Island of Fiji, Taveuni has a few small resorts and a few houses you can rent. We rented a house on Matei Point which could accommodate all ...
A Bit of Paradise...
... !!! (always spoken with enthusiasm and a big smile!) Welcome to Fiji – everyone's favourite South Pacific country! Taveuni, the fourth largest island, is known as the Garden Island as it is full of lush greenery everywhere you look, colourful and ...
Bouma Waterfalls and Natural Waterslide
Yesterday we arrived at the hostel, which is built over the sea with a balcony surrounding it. Holly woke Tony up by throwing ice cold water on him, but he didn't react for a while so she hid giggling. This morning we went to the Bouma National Heritage ...
LOVO Night!
... conversations, music and of course food – very nice night enjoyed by all! Pass the baby around – of course in Fiji as they love the kids!! Addison ate, danced and almost fell asleep sitting on the mats with Waitei doing her hair!! ...
Hanging out at the Country Club!
... at the country club we headed back making a quick stop at the 180 degree meridian. The official International Dateline runs through Taveuni however if you look on a map it actually diverts the island – they had to move it as people were ...
Fiji
fabulous diving, although far to get to. flew back to Honolulu with Jean-Michel Cousteau. a few weeks later, i would be in ...
2010 we bid thee a fond farewell...
... year should be a good one – beautiful sun shine, ocean waves rolling in on a deep blue and turquoise ocean – loving Fiji! Could have done without the 2 inch wide spider in the bathroom this morning but we survived as Daddy was quick to ...
Merry Christmas from Fiji!!
... Coffee and Baileys and Mimosas – that part is Schultz Family style!! The original plan involved church at the large Catholic Church on the island for 9am which meant an 8am taxi pick up but Pita found out that they moved the 9am mass to 5 am – ...
Searching for Kayaks...
If anyone on Taveuni or a surrounding island sees two yellow kayaks floating somewhere please let us know….the morning began with a search for the missing kayaks as we are still hoping they will show up somewhere. Pita says we will wait a couple of ...
Fiji, part one
Hello everyone, This is the island of Taveuni in Fiji. Here i when Scuba diving, and hiking to waterfalls and natural water ...
Aloha from Aroha
Taveuni is gorgeous. It is called the Garden Island of Fiji for good reason. Everything here is green and lush and full of life. It is a pretty island which grows 80% of Fiji's exports of vegetation. Pretty impressive! Our accommodation is Aroha ...
Diving on The Rainbow Reef
... . About half a metre away from me was quite big Grey Reef Shark, and yes I was a bit scared! I did a bit of a double take. In Fiji, you can go Shark Diving, where you feed the sharks that are up to 4m long. They are tigers and bull sharks; I thought about ...
Taveuni and Rainbow Reef Diving
We stayed at the Nakia Resort & Dive for 7 nights! We dove 10 dives over 5 days, and it was the best diving we have ever done. This was an extremely relaxing and fun end to our world ...
What happened to the days...
... New Year's!? Sydney will do her usual fade in and out of them I’m sure!! Today was another nice day (well Fiji style – rain, sun, rain, sun!) of hanging out – playing outside – Addison’s friend Rosie was over ...
Island Hopping in Fiji!
... from the air before we landed in a bunch of clouds as we got close to Taveuni. We arrived at the Matei airport on Taveuni island and were met by one of our hosts Pita. Very friendly and helpful Pita (with no shoes on!) loaded our luggage into ...
Just another Day in Fiji....
Woke up at 7 am (well 5 am first when Sydney was hungry but she went right back to sleep – the Fiji air and ocean are doing wonders for her sleep!) with the sun beating down on the bed through the kitchen window and an Addison climbing into the bed ...
Taveuni - Soft Coral Capital Of The World
... , la capital de Fiji, y a la madrugada siguiente otro vuelo, esta vez una avioneta... todo sea para llegar a la isla de Taveuni, famosa entre los buceadores, quienes denominan al estrecho Somosomo como la capital mundial de los 'soft ...
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