The Rakiraki Hotel

... of the train, I could only consider it a huge disappointment. The views were nothing compared to some we had seen previously in New Zealand, and the train itself was pretty run down. By this point however I had decided to fly to Sydney the next day to surprise my Irish friends, so was in pretty high spirits regardless.<br> We returned to Christchurch, and went straight away to the Escape office, where they very kindly paid for all our accomodation and ...

... at dinner time. There is a buffet - steak and seafood or a la carte menu, we obviously opt for the a la carte but still there are only two vegetarian options on the whole menu. Neither meal is good and the portions are very small, it's not cheap either :( As the days progress we spent our time swimming, snorkelling, sunbathing - the only thing you can do here is relax, so that's what we do. Craig uses the ...

Fiji is beautiful and full of lovely friendly people. On the islands, the food and accomodation is very basic and unpretentious. We met so many people here in a brief chill out week after the Kalalua Trail in Hawaii. We were surprised to see so many similarities in Fiji to home, the food for one is surprisingly similar ...

... shoulder. It apparently didn't want to leave my shoulder. Of course odd sounds were coming out of my mouth, like "UH!", "OOOOH!", "AHHHH!" as I tried to get it to move, flailing my arms and trying to smack it away. FINALLY, what seemed like an eternity (but probably only 2 seconds) the attacking beetle fell off my shoulder and landed on the bed. Meanwhile, what was Brandt doing during my moment of horror? I'm surprised he didn't pee the bed. (You ...

... to wonder as to the extent of their poverty back home) but rather being 'treated' to an impromptu French lesson by French-Guy-Who-Videos-Everything who seemed completely oblivious to the fact that he was interrupting their exam! After our school visit, our next stop was a distinctly uninviting-looking river for water games and 'bili-bili' rafting. Wading waist-deep in the muddy river, we were split first into two teams to play a fun game of water-based American football ...

Hi Everyone Just to let you know that we're off island hopping in the Yasawas tomorrow which are a group of islands which we have to get to by boat so we'll be spending 2-3 days on each sleeping in bures (mud huts)!!!! Don't think we'll have internet access while we're there and it's going to take us about 14 days to do it so might not add to the blog for a while. Speak to you as soon as we can. lol L &amp; K xx ps we've added some photos

... into the town of Raki Raki, where we were to rendez-vous with Ana, (our Ravi Ravi friend and liason). By day three of our trip we had already gone more than half-way around the island on the Akbar Express or maybe it was the Lautoka Express. Either way, it was by bus, a very loud transmissioned, open-air sort of bus. Ana and her three children, Mereleki age 13, Leno 9, and little Louisa, 2, hosted us during our stay in ...

... likoolist, mis oli üks väike roosa hoonetekompleks, millel ei olnud aknaid ees ja tudengeid võis seal korraga õppida umbes 100-kond... Mida edasi, seda mägisemaks meie ümbrus muutus ning alates kusagilt Rakirakist hakkasime liikuma järjest keskmaa suunas. Kogu saart ääristab 2 põhimaanteed - lõuna pool on Queens road ning põhjapool Kings road. Kohalikud kutsusid mõlemat lausa highway'ks. Kui Queens road oli üsna maantee moodi (va pidevalt tee ääres luusivad ning ka mõnikord ...

Hellloooooo, This is just a quickie to let you all know that i'm all ok and having fun! Fiji is reet hot and the tan is coming along pretty sound like, i spent one day looking like a lobster but it's gone a nice brown now, yippee! But, sadly it's still not as hot here as it is at home, as if england is warmer than fiji.......hhhhmmmm, it's all very odd! I've got a lot of tales to tell you i'll give you a wee peep into what i've been up too, these tales involve sharks, islands, wrecks ...