Otto and Fanny's Place
Travel Blogs from Lautoka
Otto and Fanny's
Fri 23 March The last morning at Oarsman's Bay. Dull, heavy cloud. Packed up ready for a 13:00 departure. Took a short boat ride to the north end of Nacula to visit Nacula village. Lots of small huts, fairly basic conditions, but the people were very welcoming. Wild pigs in the forest and sundry dogs throughout the village. We were taken to the …
Otto and Fanny's, Tavewa
On Sunday we took a 10 minute boat ride over to the island of Tavewa. We stayed at a resort called Otto and Fanny's which we had heard good things about. Unfortunately we didn't hear how much it was and it turned out to be double the price at Melbravo. The island itself was beautiful but as it was slighlty more upmarket, it suited people a lot older than us and it wasn't really our scene.
Bula from Fiji!
... thought it impossible to still get sunburnt but I shall be leaving with tatty boobs once again.
Sadly, tomorrow is our last day on this paradise island. But we have all day – our flight for LA doesn’t leave until 11pm. We then have Thursday 13th for two days - and so it will still be the 13th again on our first day in San Francisco. Mike will have to wait for 48 hours for his birthday and be 21 for 366 ...
Nadi and the Fiji Islands
... the main island in Fiji in the Smugglers Cove. The local hostels were all celebrating Diwali which meant there were plenty of fireworks on display at the beach which were great to watch as we had dinner and tucked into our Bangers & Mash and Vegetable Thali.
Unfortunately there was no upgrade on the flight back to Auckland and we both felt a tear in our eye as we passed through Business Class on the way to the cattle seats.
(We don’t need ...
Wedding and the aftermath
... nearly everyone getting up there and getting a few photos.
The scenery was amazing, the canyons and the waterfalls at every point along the river before opening up to some smaller villages where the kids were all waiting by the river to say G'day (BULLA!!!!)
The day ended with a long trip back down the mountain, 4wding down some very steep inclines, i think everyone had a nap on the way back, alll exhausted from the days events. ...