Capricorn Fiji Hotel Nadi

... a dip in the pool and a cocktail were in order. I met a scottish girl called Lynsey and she was off to Suva the capital of Fiji, in the afternoon and was also travelling alone and had arrived the night before. As I had no plans of what to do I decided to go with her. So I booked a bus and was off by 1:00 pm, well turned out to be more like 1:30 but Fijians dont like to rush!<br>

... because of Fiji's location, rainbows don't look the same as ours like an arc, instead they make a circle around the sun.<br><br>Avoid people in the streets downtown, they all say the SAME thing, "Bula! Where you from?" "U.S." "USA?... oh a long way, eh?" and then try and make you go to a store. However, the people in the stores are very kind and helpful.<br><br>For souveniers, Fiji has many types of handcrafted wooden decorations. We came back ...

Today we went to the Rescue Center. It was out of a Christian Church... the only problem was they only told people in their church about us and not all around town, so we didn't see as many people as we thought we would.<br><br>The people here are all very thankful for us coming to give them care. My last patient came in with a cane and could hardly walk, she ...

... in the shower and offer up some 'tough-love'. It really was for the best but we had a *************vincing him of that. After the ordeal, and I think my dumping a bucket of water over his head as a last 'rinse' was the final straw for him, he slinked off and spent the next few days glaring at us from the other side of the pool. One day, when he's got kids of his own, he'll understand. The English, Germans and Swiss all left me on the same day but I was lucky to have ...

... of sea shells!<br>When we got back and after lunch we took the kayaks and paddled over the way to the small island beach where we snorkelled and sunbathed all day! We even played in the kayaks tring to run acroos them and stand up on them... I even made a cocnut shy!!!!! was such a lovely afternoon. At 5pm we paddled back across to join the workers for a game of volleyball which we promptly lost as thyese guys are GoooD! The evening was one of limbo competitions, cocktails, me losing my ...

... it up and it was the Queens bday in Fiji, which was weird as it had been the Queens bday in NZ 2 wks previous. But turns out it is diff in different countries, another new fact for me!<br><br>So we get to our beach bungalow, which we actually only rented a room from as it was really expensive to rent the whole thing. It was really quiet though, so we got the whole bungalow to ourselves which was great. We were told it was a quiet place but never ...

... out at the water and sunset eating coconut.  This is the culture that we both like so much.  <br><br>We decide on Sushi for dinner.  The resort has about 4-5 restaurants on the property. The sushi is inexpensive and I get about 10-15 sorted pieces of sushi for $12.  It is very good. The waitress comes to our table and talks to us about United States.  She lives in town which is 30 minutes from the hotel. She hitchhikes to work and back each day.  We are ...

... met up with Jennifer again which was nice for the few days that we were on the island. Every night the resort has entertainment organised for us which varied from traditional Fijian dancing to games or an outdoor movie screening.<br><br>On Sunday we had the opportunity to go to mass in the local village so we went. It was all in Fijian apart from the welcome we got from the priest in English. Even though we didn't understand a word that was said or sang it was nice and the choir were ...

... away, meaning that i am completely enclosed in the dark water with absolutely no point of reference. I return on my bearing and get to the correct point with a handshake from the dive leader. The final highlight on this dive was to be luminescence. Everone grouped together at about 5m and turned off or shielded their torches so no light is visible. Then, if you wave your hand fast infront of your face the plankton phosphoresce like a thousand tiny fireworks going off in every ...

... Native Fiji Laden gelandet. Von Anfang an klar war uns dann sofort, dass wir hier nicht mehr ohne etwas zu kaufen rauskommen würden. Dafür durften wir auch an einer traditionellen Willkommenszeremonie teilnehmen. Soll heißen: sie machten extra eine für uns (auch aus Verkaufszwecken-natürlich!) Bekamen dabei Carva zu trinken. Ein Getränk das aus Wasser und einer getrockneten Carva Wurzel gebraut wird. Leicht verunsichert waren wir, da sie kurz davor sagten, dass sie ...