Hideaway Resort Coral Coast

... The staff soon know your names and there are plenty of activities to get involved in and meet others at. In just a week I made some lovely friends who I hope to keep in touch with. <br><br>In no particular order...<br><br>Best Bits:<br><br>- Tour of Nadi, the handicraft market, largest Hindu Temple in the Southern Hemisphere, sugar trains, food market<br>- Seeing kava roots in the market (traditional ceremonial drink ...

... not that busy either with limited people on the island.  I wonder if they will be able to keep all the ammenties open with such a small crowd of people.  The marina is uneventful, but we buy some clothing for our unexpected stay on this warm island.  Prices are cheap and I get Polo shirts for $10 and surfer dress shorts for $12.  The quality might be lower than real Polo brands, but they look good for now and will do the trick for the stay here.  <br>We decide ...

... in the flooding that hit the island around the end of December.<br><br>When we got to Voilivoli we saw an amazing sunset which is the best I have ever seen! It was the last night of our Feejee Experience so there was lots of games followed by a bonfire and drinking mango rum cocktails into the night.<br><br>The next day we didn't leave until the afternoon so we everyone had a chance to stay in bed! We stopped at Sabeto Valley to get into the mud pools and hot pools. What can I say the ...

... the dive have done night dives before. We go through the bits i'll need to know and get given our powerful dive torches. Straight out to the little rowing boat with an outboard and off onto the reef. They have timed it so the darkness after sunset just hits the water as we get out there and due to Fiji having very few electric lights its really dark and the little tremor of fear which is perfectly natural sitting over black water in the dark creeps up my spine. I know that the ...

... to the boat to Oarsman's Bay Lodge. It was a bit chaotic but the boat left port right on time 8:30. That's when we discovered it would be 4 1/2 hours to Oarsmans after several other stops. About 5 minutes from the first stop we made a u-turn. Apparently some water got mixed in with the fuel. After returing to port, getting a meat pie and some supplies, we went back to the boat to await our departure again. Three and ...

... etched onto her back we were treated to a traditional ceremony that included Kava. Its some hocus pocus local drink that makes you feel weird. My tounge went numb and Jenn sure made one ugly face. Tonight there are villagers coming over to treat us on a traditional dance performance. We are heading to Melbourne tomorrow and begin our next adventure but not before checking out some local shops and maybe do an early morning kayak through the reefs.

The first day of my trip has been the longest day of my life, and it is not only because I am on "Fiji time", which I don't find very enjoyable. I will embellish later, but I reccomend not coming to Fiji during cyclone season (this is the most rain Fiji has seen in 300 years, or so they say). Needless to say, we are stuck in a mainland hotel praying the flights go out tomorrow moring to Auckland. Don't worry, there is laughter in it all. If it doesn't kill me, it just makes me stronger;)

... anywhere else we've been. Having said this the people were so friendly and never asked anything of you, they were just happy to see you. We also met a few different groups of people over the 3 weeks who we spent a bit of time with, it was really nice to get to know people well again and see eachother everyday, we were moving on so much in NZ so that didnt really happen. Vinaka Vakalevu, on to the Cook Islands we go... Love as always xx