Tambua Sands Sigatoka

... in terms of weather however was definitely an experience. As you will see, due to the weather conditions our dates have now changed. We are leaving a little earlier so we can spend some more time with Robs family in Los Angeles. We will also be travelling via Samoa to get there!!

We hope everyone at home is enjoying being back at school/work and don't worry if the weather is rubbish as we have had a taster of it here!

Lots of love

Rob and Beckie
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... use up. The next morning we went for a nice walk up Mount Iron, with me and Rob finishing a good 20 minutes before Ben did, being the athletes that we are. Once again the views were spectacular. We then headed to Wanaka's alternative tourist attraction; Puzzling World. This was a collection of strange exhibits which are meant to confuse you. This includes a room which is at such an angle that a ball looks like it's rolling up hill, when in fact it is going down hill ...

... I was responsible for paying for the transport from the airport, I thought at least she would present me with some options - like here is where you catch the public bus, shuttle bus - whatever. no matter one of the reps from another company said I could use one of their buses, good but she then disappeared and confusion reigned but all sorted in the end and I did get dropped off at the correct place. On the bus was an American lady, emily, who was alos on her first ...

... are originally from Kinawley/Killesher. Very strange and random to meet someone you know on an island in Fiji. It was nice though to share a few beers with him and his girlfriend Caoimhe last night and we had a few rounds of cards with them this morning before we left! Photos don't seem to be happening for some reason so u will have to wait to see sunny Fiji...! Off to New Zealand in the morning where our campervan awaits us!! Cant wait.....

... Christchurch. It was really weird...and kinda cool...) So, once we arrived in the Nadi Airport, we were shuttled over (around the corner, really) to Island Hoppers, the helicopter company who took us to the Likuliku Lagoon Resort on one of the Mamanuca Islands. Our Island is named Malolo Island... On Malolo, there are only 3 resorts, but we feel like the only one since we can't see the others. What we can see is the ocean and a few other islands ...

... a man with a great deep voice (We were surprised at the number of deep voices in Fiji men. It was like being in a nation of James Earl Jones's.). The kids sang several songs accompanied by much clapping, stomping, and wriggling, ending with a lunge toward us with lots of laughter and giggles. After the entertainment, we had a little time for questions of both the teacher and the kids. The children are pretty much taught in a trilingual curriculum. They have their ...

... fire burned down and slowly outwards in a glowing circle as it gently spread out among the driftwood, and the full moon rose over the water. H of HI: This was our first experience of kava. Kava is very big in Fiji. It's hard to describe. It's the roots of a plant, they boil, then dry then pound them into powder. It's sold in markets and used in a traditional Fiji celebration type ceremany. I think it's ...

... set up. If we would have showed up 15 minutes later, we would have missed them, showed up at Club Masa and it would have looked like it was closed down, because we were the only guests, the whole time, and they would have been all gone to town!!! The reason why there is no access to Club Masa is because Club Masa's competitor, the Inn at the bus stop, owns the land between Club Masa and the road. They want a lot of money to open it up and ...

... potato) any time soon it will be too soon. You can have too much of a good thing. On Waya we trekked to the top of Batanareba which is about 2000ft just in my Reef sandals and we were just scaling sheer rocks as they don't do such things as trails. It took an hour and a half to get up to the top and we stupidly started at 9am so by the time we got to the top it was about 30 degrees. Needless to say I probably lost about 3 stone of the cassava I'd been carrying just from doing the ...

... He loved to laugh just as much, and was even a bit of a '****-stirrer'. Will was with out a doubt the funniest Fijian we met. We couldn't have asked for two better tour guides. Those guys are legends! We also had introductions to our fellow travellers ("Bula! I'm Steve from Tasmania...): Matt and Clare from London, David and Lisa from Glasgow, Chris and Sarah from Perth, James from London, Emily from London, and Jenny from London. A great bunch of people to spend the tour with. Our first ...