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Mamanuca Islands Slideshow
Mamanuca Islands
Travel Blogs from Mamanuca Islands, Fiji
Snorkelen en luieren en Bula Bula
Wakker worden na een heerlijke nacht geslapen te hebben in onze met airco uitgeruste slaapkamer. Als je de schuifdeuren opdoet, vliegt de warmte je gelijk aan. Lekker even bijkomen in de hangmat en stoel (soort hangstoel haha) en dan naar het ontbijt. ...
BULA!
... I was in tropical paradise but with no internet and no cell phone and no anything, that pretty much made it impossible. Fiji was incredible. I first stopped in Hawaii and stayed with my sister until we left early Sunday morning on the 7 hour ...
Mondriki Island (Island from 'Castaway' movie)
... is the study of English. We had two guides on the boat, Freddy and Toby, who were happy to tell us all about the islands and Fiji in general. Toby mentioned a couple of times that Fiji is more than just resorts there is a real diversity of cultures & ...
far from home
... that we needed cash for certain purchases. I had $500.00 FJD, but needed $750 FJD, so off to an atm I went. Also on the islands, everything is cash because they don’t have atms. It turns out that the atm I went to use, decided to break down at the ...
Paradijs op aarde
... . Alles moet heel snel en je wordt een beetje gestuurd zonder dat je zelf weet of alles goed gaat. Het Engels van de mensen uit Fiji is toch weer anders dan ons Engels en de namen van die eilanden lijken af en toe heel erg op elkaar. Enfin aan boord van ...
Beachcomber Island
I have arrived. After a long journey, and several hours waiting in lines, I have arrived at Beachcomber Island in the South Pacific. It is a wonderfully small island with a bar and the most beautiful blue oceans that I have ever seen. The ...
Island Fever
... and French-Canadian, and drink the local drink, called Kava, with the staff. It's made from a tree root grown on the islands, then crushed into a powder and mixed with water. Fijians drink Kava at big ceremonies like weddings, funerals, or just after a ...
Becoming a Castaway!!
... and jump on, luckily the boat guys took our large rucksacks! After we loaded up we were off to Mana! We past quite afew other islands on our way to Mana, some very small, with just enough room to fit the hostel built on top of it! We finally made it ...
To the peak.
Aside from some more time spent by the pool and in the ocean, today we went for a walk to the highest point on the island. The view was nice. We also discovered that we can book a flight on the island back to Nadi. and as fun as the hour and a half boat ...
Off to the races
Saturday today so the girls thought they'd set up their own little hermit crab racing carnival. They tottered off down the beach early with their mate Elly in search of some fleet footed hermit crabs... Beautiful start to the day today not a cloud in the ...
Beachcomber Island
Nous partons maintenant vers le Nord ou le temps semble être meilleur. Après avoir discuté avec d'autres voyageurs, nous avons été conseillés pour une île appelée Drawaqa Island. Pour y aller, nous devons transiter par une île appelée ...
Cyclones and Bula hours!
... rain, wind thunder and lightening for the past 2 days "paradise". Unfortunately this has resulted in us missing our onward trips to our other islands and waiting it out on mana island. As a result of the rain there has been a HELL of a lot of card games ...
Island Hopping
... to go to Mana Island, im so excited. We went past all these tiny islands with hotel resorts on them. There are 333 islands in Fiji and we only saw a handful. We got to our island after about an hour and was greeted by the hostel workers from Sereana ...
Life as a divemaster
... ' had replied to my emails about some work, sadly nothing came the day it said it would (not overly surprising as everything works on 'Fiji Time'! ) and the following night i popped into the Internet room again to try and see what was going on. I got a ...
So many stars...
... on the mainland and what you realize within minutes of arrival is that you want to spend as much time as possible on the tiny islands. The large island of Viti Levu is humid during the day and doesn't have the greatest beaches, except at the massive ...
Sea Spray
Today was a day trip off the island. We traveled on a sailing ship called the Sea-Spray. We went to a couple of islands local to Mana Island. One was "Castaway" Island, the island used for the filming of the Tom Hanks Movie Castaway. We had a swim, and ...
island hopping
went out for a day of island hopping had some obligatory island cocktails sunned it up snorkelled in the middle of the sea (well we only swam because we stupidly didn't get the snorkels) ...
Just the five of us
After catching the ferry across to another island called Kuata, it turns out that there was just five us us staying there! Even less than last night! We booked some trips to go on then it was lunch time. They called us for lunch by blowing a big ...
Fiji Day 3
Alright so I have a lot of catching up to do. It's amazing how disconnected you feel while being away from a computer for a few days but I have to admit...it is kind of nice...just for a while. Saturday, Day 3 So as the weekend began we decided to ...
Fiji time!
Time to relax in Fiji or as Sam puts it "Figi" *does little dance*! After a luxury night in the Sheraton at Denarua, we headed to Mana Island. Amazing snorkelling turned Steven into "Wilson" as he never left the water. I actually think he spent ...
Under the Sea
My goal while in Fiji was to do some SCUBA diving. I accomplished that objective. Logging 7 dives, I completed my "Advanced Open Water" PADI certification. I ran into a very cool Australian family on my first dive. Their ...
This is the life...
http://www.amunuca.com/After a long overnight flight from LA we finally arrived in Nadi, Fiji around 5:30 a.m. local time. After a bit of waiting we caught our bus to Port Denaru, where we embarked on pretty awesome 45 minute boat ride to Tokoriki ...
Castaway (Tom Hanks)
... horen en de man speelt een prachtig liedje. Geen idee wat, maar mooi is het. Leuk toch. 's Avonds bij het diner zingt het fiji trio ook weer speciaal voor ons een liedje aan onze tafel omdat het onze laatste avond is op Matamanoa. Dit doen ze voor alle ...
Bonfires and more Kava!
When I think of this little hostel on Robinson Crusoe Island, I am immediately flashed back to a moment I will remember for all time. Picture this: Sparkling diamonds in the sky, warm humid breeze touching your face intermingled with the sharp heat of a ...
Bula and all things Fijian
... with our guide - Joe and swam through the ferry which was sunk on purpose for diving. The Salamanda was a passenger ferry between the islands back in the day. Jumped in with Scott (NZ) and Alistair (Sydney). Compared to Alistair, Scott and I had done ...
Lazy Day
Bit of a lazy start to the day today. We slept in 'til 9 then ambled over to brekky at the restaurant. The wind was blowing pretty hard out of the north this morning and continued pretty much all day. We thought it might be a good opportunity to go ...
days of nothingness
long days of nothingness today kayaked clearest water so much more tranquil and peaceful than life at home slept some more bingo...i won $7 waiter, ...
Pool Opening Ceremony
... was just the three of us, any more and it would have been too crowded. Back at the island the big chief of the Mamanuca Islands was in town for the official opening of the resort's new pool. There was a kava ceremony and an official opening/ribbon ...