Suva, Fiji Travel Blogs

Fiji
Aug 26, 2007 (7 photos)

Felt like being back in Asia when I arrived in Fiji.  Lots going on and a serious amount of 'Fiji time' (aka whenever I get round to it!) going on.  Visited Nadi, caught up with Steve and Stacy from Cardiff and then spent a few days doing Feejee ...

Yasawa Islands
Jan 23, 2006 (4 photos)

... last place we stayed at-but there was plenty of fresh fish, which i enjoyed. What we didn't check before we left home was whether Fiji had a wet season, and guess what-they do!! We were there smack in the middle of Cyclone season, so we had a few days of ...

Kuata
Mar 15, 2006 (5 photos)

... the resort! It was possible to go kayaking, snorkel or scuba dive, but we both felt that it would be preferable if we left Fiji with some of our skin intact. So that afternoon we could be found in our Bure reading (On The Road and Five People You Meet ...

The Ultimate Lei
May 7, 2007

... much else really. This is such a hard life. :) Back on mainland and another night at Nomads before i ventured down to Fiji's Coral Coast. The Beachouse: After a couple of hours on a bus i was dropped outside the drive to The Beachouse, a backpackers ...

Kuata - Long Beach
Mar 16, 2006 (9 photos)

... in Australia and New Zealand that I know that we're going to have as many great experiences in those countries as we're having in Fiji. Sadly Long Beach huts don't come with en-suite facilities, so you want to be sure that you have a very empty bladder ...

Fiji
Nov 25, 2005 (17 photos)

... with the men of the family of Alan, the guy that owns Tovu Tovu. Rode around in a pickup with eight fijians while drinking Fiji Bitter out of a shot glass which ultimately meant that I was obliged to buy more beer from the "black" market at 1:00 in the ...

Aqua blue waters and swimming with dolphins
Apr 4, 2006

... able to play tour guide and show it off to new people! Thursday night we had a special dinner at a hall in Suva. Our programs hired a dance troupe that performed an amazing hybrid of traditional Fijian and traditional Indian dance. Then it was our turn ...

International Date Line
Oct 8, 2007

Well over the international date line we go and our holiday is at an end.  It has been a great holiday and we have seen some amasing sights and places - however it will be wonderful to come back home to see you all  - there is no place like home ...

Les Iles Fiji
Jan 19, 2006

... de se balancer dans le vide et d'effectuer des plongeons dans un bassins naturel. Le soir meme on dormait dans la capital des iles Fiji, Suva. On a donc fait un petit tour des edifices officiels du pays. Ce qui a de bien aux iles Fiji c'est que les ...

BULA FIJI!!
Apr 30, 2007

quick update, most beautiful place, and amazing people. love it and never want to leave!!

Bula Bula von den Fijis!!!
Jul 6, 2005 (20 photos)

... die blaue Lagune erkunden, Sonneuntergaenge und Beachvolleyball mit anschliessender Happy Hour haben die Tage voll ausgeschoepft. Die Leute auf Fiji werden ihrem Ruf voll gerecht, freundlich und nett, man fuehlt sich gar nicht so als Tourist, sondern schon ...

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 ...

S s s s s sharks!
Aug 12, 2006

... of her family all screaming at us....'come come come' so, we decided to join them. there are a lot of indian families in fiji, alot were brought over in the 1890's to help harvest sugar and they were very interested to hear our tales of india, as the ...

Fiji Resort and Spa
Mar 24, 2006 (17 photos)

... to pack. It took me awhile to get to sleep that night because I was thinking what a shame it was to be leaving Fiji, however I know that New Zealand was my favourite country when I travelled before, so I'm also equally excited that tomorrow I'll be back ...

Bula Fiji!
Nov 28, 2006 (22 photos)

... in the public restrooms and even though it was mank, I have never been so delighted to take a shower in my life! Fiji was definately an interesting experience for me. If I ever go back, I won't go alone. The people are lovely, but at ...

Bula to Paradise!
Oct 4, 2005 (18 photos)

... exchange and wasting some time at Los Angeles airport we boarded our flight and enjoyed the 10 hour overnight journey to Nadi, Fiji (pronounced Nandi). We landed safely at 5.02 am Fiji time losing the Friday after crossing the date line, which was very ...

Wreck diving!
Aug 12, 2006 (15 photos)

so, we were finally rescued by the volivoli boys, oh and papoo was there too. so off we headed on what was gonna be one of my most amazing and weirdest dives yet, it was to be a wreck dive but before i talk about that as we got on the boat to escape the ...

Long Beach
Mar 17, 2006 (5 photos)

... from New Zealand, because the picture is patchy to say the least, but that doesn't seem to bother them (especially when Fiji beat Canada). The television feels like a bit of an unwelcome intrusion from the outside world, I was happy to be completely cut ...

Bula
Oct 5, 2005 (5 photos)

... day all the staff dressed up in full uniform and came down to the beach to see us off. They sang a song called "Goodbye to Fiji". It was really emotional because not only were we leaving David's Place but we were leaving Fiji and all the guys we had spent ...

Three weeks worth of blogging goodness!
May 1, 2006 (1 photos)

... to forge my own way with the other women. It was an awesome few days for researching and experiencing more of Fiji. I'm already sad to be back in Suva! As of now, I've moved out of the Colonial Lodge and I'm spending this week in Suva with Spencer, ...

Back to the locals..
Mar 19, 2006

... plassert paa i en herlig liten hytte, mens guttene maatte ta til takke med en madrass paa gulvet nede sammen med de lokale. Paa fiji fikk vi lokal dans, kulturell mat, masse sol, deilig badevann, fin strand og IKKE noe stroem! To timer daglig og uten for ...

Fiji
Aug 8, 2005 (24 photos)

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Tropical beaches
Nov 22, 2006 (5 photos)

2-and-a-half days of floating around and doing absolutely nothing. A bit of snorkeling and kayaking, that was all. Usually not my thing, but in these suroundings, absolutely great! See the photo's and you'll understand.

Suva next
Nov 9, 2006 (2 photos)

... as I like them ;-) After this we took a longboad back to the bus. This was a dayfilling event so we went straight to Suva. Suva hold about half of the Fijian population with its 400.000. In the evening we had some dinner and danced untill about 2 AM. ...

One day in Fiji
Aug 12, 2007 (6 photos)

... havde bare lige glemt at vi kom paa en soendag, saa det blev der ikke noget af. Istedet fik vi hoert en masse kirkesang, da Fijianerne er meget kirkegaaende, men er du gal hvor de synger godt. Suva er Fijis hovedstad, men paa en soendag er der helt doedt.

Suva, Fiji
Mar 5, 2008

Suva, Fiji

Beyond the half way point!
Apr 11, 2006

... for a low-key weekend in Suva. Believe it or not, this was the first full weekend I'd spent in Suva in the nine weeks I've been in Fiji. All previous weekends have been spent in various villages or traveling. I learned so much about Suva on the weekends ...

Wanna Taki - Denarau
Mar 23, 2006 (5 photos)

... the harbor, but fortunately Awesome Adventures had a coach that willingly dropped us where we needed to go. Booking into the Sovitel Fiji Resort and Spa was a folly that the budget couldn't really stretch to, but we figured that after 12 days of island ...

Oarsman's Bay, Nacula
Mar 22, 2007 (8 photos)

Wed 21 March Heavy rain showers in the night and a very cloudy morning too. Breakfast was good - just cereals, toast, muffins and fruit. Instead of the activity programmed we decided to walk to the top of the mountain behind the resort, to the highest ...

More pictures
Mar 8, 2006 (6 photos)

... them in the albums titled "Korova" and "Pacific Harbor." On Friday afternoon we went to a teeny little settlement in Suva called Korova. The government has deemed these people squatters. They are from the Lau group of islands in the very easternmost ...