Tanoa Plaza Suva Nadi

Well after a mammoth journey from Queenstown to Nadi- which included our flights to auckland being cancelled due to bad weather. A 6 hour coach ride instead to get us to Christchurch where it was a lottery if we'd get a flight to Auckland that day- which we did- and we then had to wait 5 hours for a flight to Auckland. Once at Auckland it was a long 7 hour wait from 12 midnight till 7am for our next flight. Sleeping in an airport is not fun, especially when they are doing metal works in ...

... fun!!! Definitely one of my favourite memories.   Last night I attempted sleeping in a hammock…but was quite cold and kept hearing the buzzing of mozzies round my head, so only lasted a few hours!!! But it was really cool falling asleep to the sound of the fijian songs coming from the Grand Bure and the waves swishing just a few metres away!!

I’m really going to miss everyone on Vorovoro, the Fijians were all so lovely and ...

... while before heading back to the first cavern & watching some of the guys climbing up the sides of the caves & jumping into the water.

That afternoon I went with Matt, Jazzy & Sam, (American & Canadian guys) across to the Blue Lagoon to do some snorkelling on the reef. The reef was so beautiful & we saw plenty of fish & coral.

We had a kava ceremony on our last evening there with the local guys. Kava is Fiji's national drink which is made from a ...

... are fantastic and they always serve lots of fresh fruit. We take a boat out to swim with some Manta Rays and by the time we jump into the water we've scared ourselves something horrible with the fear of sharks being in the water, nonsense really!Anyway no luck with the manta rays so we try again the morning we leave the island and we have better luck! But even without the manta rays, snorkelling over the coral reefs is pretty cool!The last island we stay at is in my ...

... spent on nappies for us both!! I always know if its bad if Phil gets nervous too and he was bricking it!!.

Just jumping off the boat with your snorkel is enough to give me a heart attack!! When I seen my first ever shark I was wishing I had those nappies again!!!!! OMG the moment you realise that you are swimming with a shark is a truly unforgettable moment!!! The more we swam, the more we saw. There were beautiful fish as well but they were really ...

... customs in a Fijian village to us. Some of the houses have very
little furniture. After our the village we went sand boarding the Sigatoka sand dunes. I didn't partake because my bites on my arms were really sore and it was sandboarding face first!


We arrived to Mango Bay which was our home for three nights. Our “room” was not exactly what we had expected! We ended up in a tent! A very spacious tent with a wooden
floor but it was still a tent! The scary part ...

Pk's dad arrived 2 days ago, and with perfect weather we set off for a day of white water rafting in the Namese Highlands. It took 2 hours to drive there, then about 6 hours of paddling ...

... filled up quickly. After fearing we would be bored for the next few days we got used to it. I signed up for a dive yesterday which was definitely worth doing. There were just so many fish and a couple of reef sharks. It was nice to be in the water again. 6 other people on the dive had been on a conservation camp for 6 weeks so they could name all the fish. Very useful to have them onboard. Unfortunately my BCD wasn't onboard ...

... happen all day, however I am sure that it was pretty warm out there. Most of the athletes ran in bare feet with only the bigger schools having all of the flash gear. This is the biggest event in Fiji for the year and it was shown live on TV on Friday and Saturday for the 1st time. It was on every radio station and took up pages in the paper every day. It is a huge event and a couple of the big schools were criticized for enrolling students who had graduated last year to ...

... because I am never on time) I am riding in a truck with 3 Japanese girls to get a ride on a boat to go to Mana. In my head I am still thinking what have I done? The girls got the biggest kick out of me they were so excited that I was from America and were asking me a million questions. I also kept them laughing when it was time for us to get in the truck to ride out to the boat I got into what I was use to being the passenger side and it really was ...