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Lautoka Slideshow
Lautoka
Travel Blogs from Lautoka, Fiji
LAPS'S Song
LAPS'S SONG ill give you fish and chips all the sweet bits Lets do the samba ill give you bacon and eggs shake those legs lets do the samba ...
Fiji Culture hautnah
... auch entspannend wirken vor dem Zubettgehen (was gut ist, denn Finau schnarcht wir eine Kettensaege im 5. Gang) - FIJI KITCHEN - frische Zutaten, indisch angehaucht, viel frischer Fisch, viel Huhn, Kartoffelaehnliches Gemuese (YAM oder Kasawa genannt), ...
Ankunft Fiji
... Ampeln übersah... Naja er brachte alle Pünktlich zum Flieger. Angekommen am Flughafen stellte ich fest das der Flug nach Fiji, der immerhin 3 1/2 Stunden dauert, mit einer Boing 747 durchgeführt werden sollte. So weit so gut... Beim Check-in beschlich ...
Life in Fiji so far...
... we still managed to get burnt. Once again very typical. Then on Friday we went to see Fiji A play Tonga A at rugby at the national stadium in Lautoka (literally just down the road) for $5 - bargain or what!! Not the best match i've ever ...
Off to the Yasawas
It required another early morning start to get on the transfer boat that runs up to the Yasawas (island chain north west of the main island Viti Levu). And it took nearly five hours to get up there, as I will start the island hopping on one of the most ...
Main Land
After easter, we went to a village in the highlands of the main island. There we stayed with a family in their home. You know when youre flipping through the channels on Saturday morning and every other program is one of those Sponser a child shows? And ...
Manta Ray Resort
Our bure (bungalow) was situated about 5 minutes from the beach (and the bar) and was built so it stood on stilts. The only problems with the room were:- It was barely big enough for a double bed It was just the bedroom The mosquito net competely ...
Nogle ret usaedvanlige dage paa Kuata Island
... der kommer og smider sig på stranden i 14 dage. Han har nu set og oplevet deres travle hverdag. Det var deres første rejse uden for Fiji og må have været noget af et kultur shock. Lidt syd for huset - ud mod havet - står en besynderlig klippe ! - De ...
Zur Gast bei einer indischen Hochzeit
... Tempel... der Bräutigam hat sich hingekriet und gebetet... eine Kokosnus wurde zerschmettert... weiter ging es nach Lautoka... In Lautoka wohnt die Familie der Braut... sie organisierte das eigentliche Fest... Zeremonie und anschließendes Essen fand ...
Yasawas...
... us and are we glad we did! (Thanks, Ms. Kwan!) We became snorkel addicts and even went on a guided nighttime snorkel! Finally, our days melted away and we headed back to Nadi for our last night in Fiji. We are off to New Zealand ...
Indian food and mud pools and hot spring
Our last day was more relaxed with an Indian curry and self-made roti bread. Then we had a bath in a mud pool (again mud) and a hot spring afterward. The skin felt amazing after that spa treatment. ...
Kava, anyone?
... like a mix of dirt and grass, diluted with water. Steve's mother, his brother Dan and some other relatives were so warm and welcoming, we all chatted for a bit and when we left the mother even kissed Nicole's hand. This was a trip to the roots of Fiji. ...
Figi
10th February 2010 Lautoka- Figi A tropical paradise ?. Not so -in some places, maybe, particularly the beaches. However Lautoka disappoints. It is the second major city in Figi, but must be in the top ten scruffiest in the world. Sugar cane is ...
Fijian Hospitality
Felt worst today, coughing a lot, walk and tired, and eating only fruit. I had gotten to know Emali, who came to clean the room each day. She invited me to stay in her home. So in the evening, I took a bus with her to the village of Lomolomo, I was ...
Visiting Viseisei
... some sights there like Timoci Bavadra's house and grave, a local church. and the chief's house. We went further to Lautoka, where I shopped for cards, a cassette and fruit. At noon, we were back for a lunch of mackerel sandwich, followed by a ...
All Is Quiet On New Year's Day
Woke late but L & J still asleep. Played darts with Malas, then basketball, while waiting for them. When they awoke, we went to town together. While they had a meal, I took a bus to Lomolomo. I found the girls sleeping at home. After waking ...
bula, no 2
Bula! Settling into the fijian way of life now, but alas no fijian wife is on the horizon (yet!) - Although I have asked Mere (the madventurer cook and cleaner) to come with me to New Zealand and do my cooking and cleaning. Apparently my fijian name is ...
bula no.3
... For one they dont chant or cheer during the match, they are deadly silent however they randomly explode at random intervals. Anyway Lautoka won 5-1 and whenever they scored this random fat guy from the crowd would run out to the pitch and start mimicking ...
Tsunami dodging and sumo wrestling
... though, as this is Fiji, it was really more of a small puff than a big smoke. But the shopping was pretty exciting after Lautoka, and I was having a good time until I woke up on Sunday to a tsunami alert following the earthquake in Chile. This was my ...
Day 10, Wednesday, Feb 9, At Sea, Informal
While my walk started off at the usual time the morning weather was not very cooperative. There was initially a light drizzle which was no problem with the shelter of the verandas hanging over the promenade deck, but after about a mile the rain got ...
Robinson Crusoe Island
... hippy's down there smoking the herb, and people making out, but for us It was such a perfect ending to a perfect day in Fiji. Next day - Sunburn O'clock!!! Woke up feeling rather ropey that day, and we spent most of the day frying in the sun. ...
Nandi - Again
Nandi Headed back to Nandi, got there late afternoon. Some of the guys that we met a few days earlier were back there again. Miserable, depressing boring bastards!!! Hit the Golden Arch's, Jodie was so pleased that she could finally eat again. We ...
Fiji
Our first stop on our Honeymoon was to the South Pacific island of Fiji! We landed in Nadi Airport on the mainland of Viti Levu. We were quickly whisked away to the resort town of Denauru Island where we took a 3 hour boat ride out to the ...
Octopus Resort, Fiji
After a night on the mainland, we have now arrived at our desert island destination in Fiji, the Octopus Resort. The resort is on an island about one and half hours by speed boat from the mainland and a Fijian band greeted us on the beach as we ...
The large island of Waya, and Octopus Resort
First of all, I wanted to let everyone know that I have been unable to upload pics to this blog because of the amazingly fast internet connection here in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. That being said, I will update with photos when I hit ...
Bula from Lautoka
... the Scotland - Chile bowl quarter final outcome was Everyone is extremely friendly here and a walk down the high street in Lautoka will be be met with countless 'Bula's' I am starting my rugby coaching tommorow after the mission that was registration ...
