Namuka Bay Lagoon Sigatoka

... br>I’m so glad that we stopped in Fiji before heading to NZ to break up the long journey! And what better place to stop at than on Robinson Crusoe Island! Nik has been in his element, playing on the beach, snorkeling, playing volleyball! He is loving this! I have not seen Nikolas this happy since we were snowboarding in Argentina! He said he could have easily skipped Vegas and spent more time here! Amazing that spending no money is ...

... get it under control. I claimed jokingly at this point that it was the rally course I had done a few years previous which had saved us from a crash!<br>Halfway through the trip we switched drivers and Ben took over. No more than 30 minutes later we hit ice again and this time we it wasn't rescued (I think due to the lack of rally coursing). We ended up skidding onto one side, then the other, before hitting a small signpost on the grass. A few meters later we dug ...

... style building which could take upto 6 and all are located within a few yards of the ocean. The location is perfectand as I was the only guest this week I very much had individula attention -nothing was any trouble.It is run by a young Korean woman, Marie with the assistance of her boyfriend Isao and a young Fijian couple. They all live on site and are always around to help. Marie even lent me her computer to help me access the internet and once I had negotiated ...

... free body massage as a birthday treat....very nice! Our big expedition was a scuba dive to a coral reef. This was great but actually terrifying to start with! Following a mini lesson in the shallow water, we donned our gear and headed to deeper waters. I freaked out quite a bit heading down leading the otherwise lovely and very reassuring Natalie, our dive instructor to get a little cross and basically tell me to get over it! So down we ...

... the distance. The closest island is named Castaway. We don't know that names of the other islands that we can see, but we do know that two is where the movie Castaway was filmed...ironically, it was not filmed on "Castaway Island". J Once we touched down, we were greeted by two gentleman who were singing the Fijian Welcome song. We received cold refreshing washcloths and passion fruit iced tea as well as necklaces. We were transported by a ...

... our chief was presented with the first cup (1/2 coconut shell) of kava. There is a very specific procedure for drinking kava. When you are presented with a cup, you clap your hands once (not a flat clap, but a cupped clap - it sounds hollow), say "bula" and drink the cup in one swallow. After finishing the cup, clap three more times to show appreciation for the kava. During the aforementioned speeches, one of the Fijian headmen had been mixing the kava (which is ...

Hi there everyone - well this is my first entry so not really sure what to write and all that but will give it a go :) <br><br>Well as you may or may not know I started working as a Travel Consultant with TravelCafe in October of last year. Well as part of my job I get to travel around the world and experience places so then I have an understanding of what I am selling. (called a Famil or Educational) <br><br>Well this was my first work trip - I ...

... road to the wildlife park. Here they immediately hand you an iguana, which clings on for a while before deciding to hop into the distance. We also got to hold a baby boa constrictor which makes an excellent bracelet.<br><br>We went back to the Lovo feast at the adjacent village, where as a repeat visitor Andy was elected chief for the night (cue much Fijian mickey-taking). Much kava was drunk and we've also learnt (after the ...

... cooler, and so moved to one that also turned out to be much smarter. (Apparently it had been renovated after the 2001 cyclone, when the fridge had been seen floating out to sea). I don't think I'll get another room (let alone a whole house!) 10 yards from the waves, and certainly not at GBP 33 a night for the two of us! The Aussies and Kiwis tells us we are fortunate to be travelling on the pound, and not on their 'Pacific Peso ...

... swimming, very crowded and completely backed by huge hotels which block the inland view, with the fortunate exception of Diamond Head. So we spent a day at a far better place; Hanemau bay. This is a magnificent horseshoe-shaped flooded crater with waves crashing in, a palm fringed back and a coral reef just under the water.This makes for a fabulous snorkelling location - or 'goggling' in our case (more portable). Another ambition achieved; meeting the ...