Cathay Hotel Lautoka

... Giants we drove around Latoka trying to find a hotel. We drove for what felt like<br>forever! Finally we found a nice little hotel on the waterfront. The next day we caught a <br>cab to the wharfs. We had a coffee while waiting for our boat to arrive. When it did we all <br>claimed into a small boat considering how many people where in it. The boat ride took <br>an hour and a half and was absolutely amazing! We saw so many tiny islands and the ...

... stingray yesterday during our snorkeling trips, and we all caught fish last night during our hand-line fishing trip off shore. Today we will learn to sail the catamaran and will hike to the top of the island on their "bush walk" trail. There are bats up there somewhere (we see them come out in the evening)...eeewww! <br><br>We are missing everyone, but enjoying every minute of this calm and peaceful island. Bula!

... also functions as a hotel so as a result the meals they serve are delicious!On the second day I go for a ride along the beach. They do things quite differently there as expected. For starters there's no hat so you just have to rely on your skills and hope for a nice horse.....Also made the mistake of wearing shorts which reslted in a nasty wound but anyway.....the guy reckons i'll probably be a pretty good rider so leaves me to navigate the beach by myself. At first I don ...

... to Nanuya Lailai 1 (catchy name), the island where the Blue Lagoon was filmed, also an island I had stayed on with Jez and Soph and remembered as being lovely. Unable to afford the more exclusive resort on the Blue Lagoon itself, we stayed round the other side of the island and had a very hot scramble through a very overgrown path over the top of the island (during which I managed a slip up onto my bum and take a brief slide down into mud) to reach the lagoon. Happily though we weren't ...

... you'll be all the better for it. people have asked me how much my trip has cost, and to tell you the truth i have no idea. i dont really care either. traveling while you can is worth more than any amount of money to me. guess some people are just crazy like that. theres more to living than just having a brand new car and a kick ass house (although it is pretty sweet) but those things come with the price of your enjoyment ...

... happen again. Pursued by hawkers we fled across the street and into a money exchange to prop-up our now depleted funds. That should have provided further warning to me of what the streets of Lautoka are like, because of the armed guard on the door, complete with baton, who unlocked the door at our approach to let us in. As we passed through the door he quickly locked it closed behind us. After changing Australian bank notes into Fijian currency, we ...

... way to get out of the rain was<br><br>to go underwater, I've done a PADI open sea diving course and am now a<br><br>certified diver. I was lucky to have one-on-one teaching which resulted in a <br><br>very streamlined course. Some of you may know how horrified I was of the water<br><br>and the dangers lurking in its unfathomable depths (20 meter long<br><br>man-eating squids, instantly deadly venomous sea-snakes, gung-ho moray<br><br>eels and sharks that have only been ...