Natadola Beach Resort Coral Coast

... wuerde in eine Gastfamilie aufgenommen, wenn man abends zu fuenft am Essentisch sass...

neben viel Lesen haben wir auch einiges unternommen: so waren wir
- ganz viel Schnorcheln (hier gibt es ueberall Korallen direkt am Strand!!)
- Kajak fahren an der Blue Lagoon (da wo auch der gleichnamige Film gedreht wurde...)
- mit anderen Fijianern nachts angeln (Judith hat gleich 2 Baracudas gefangen und ich keinen, was ich mir seitdem ...

... Coconut jewellery making
- Basket weaving
- Island trip in a jet boat
- Snorkelling on some of the best reefs I have ever seen – including The Great Barrier Reef!
- Meeting so many wonderful people
- The "cookery class" (which was really prepared ingredients having coconut milk poured on them, the fish wasn’t even cooked as the traditional dish uses lime juice to tenderize the fish).
Coral Coast, Viti Levu, Fiji taste_the_world

... Cairns was really hard, very sad to leave after my 3 weeks of really loving Cairns in my grubby hostel which i soon began to love! However i was off to Fiji so i was slightly loving that!

Arrived in Fiji and as soon as i walked off the plane the heat just hit me even though it was raining, which i was not happy about as i was thinking 'typical'. I got my free shuttle bus to my hostel which was good and it was lovely met some girls there who i hung out with ...

... this enormous scary purple fish (never did find out what that was....). No sharks tho thankfully! If one more person tells me "they're only reef sharks, they won't hurt you" I'll scream. I dont care what type of sharks they are, I dont want them anywhere near me! On the first night at Manta Ray we had a show by some local villagers and then a bonfire on the beach - such a great night! The next night I braved a ...

... to stay awake until 8:30 pm on the first day!! We layed in the sun, set up our dive trips, did some snorkling and got in some yoga in front of the ocean. It took about 1.5 sun salutations before I was a sweaty mess. Woke up early on Thursday and did some Yoga outside the tent and then went off to start our day of sunning, diving and snorkling. The diving today was ...

... Nasty things, insect repellent: I never use it.' 'What do you do to keep the insect away then?' (We get EATEN in Fiji) 'I plug in an electric device in the room.' What room? You spend 90% of your time outdoors. And in our room, you cannot close any windows, those appliances only work in closed environments. ' I have seen the grass die after a tourist walked on it with insect repellent.' Anyway, I do not see any connection with my diving, am confused ...

... in the corner!) Amongst other things, we were told that village societies are divided into classes/castes into which every person is born and (except women by marriage) cannot escape. Even those who leave the village to get jobs, degrees, wealth, etc. must return to their chiefly/warrior/farmer-fisherman group when they return. Strangely too, whales teeth are still used and valued as dowries and for payment for land, houses, etc. Leaving the village (sent off by the ...

... bothered to try and fix :-) Flew out of Calgary on Friday afternoon the 7th I believe. We landed in LA and had an overnight there where I visted with one of my friends Elena. She took us on a great tour of Calabasas area and then down to Malibu beach where we spent the day at the beach, climbing rocks to sit and watch the waves crash in, and walking along the sandy beaches. Early that day I had teased her that I wanted to go where all the ...

... 7 of us staying in there at the time). It was pretty nice except there wasn't even one fan so it was extremely hot. My roomates were from Canada, Ireland, Australia and Germany. We all got along really well. Everyday, Laura (from Australia) and I got up and went to breakfast. From there we grabbed some of the good chairs down by the beach. We tried to stay in the shade a little considering that we were both burned. Literally, we relaxed all ...

Hi All, Fiji is so beautiful there's so much vegetation & wildlife! We shared the island with gorgeous gecko's - one which lost its footing on a ceiling and took a fall right down Darren's top! This did not help his jumpiness-he was eaten alive by mozzies while we where there (I'm sure he was swatting imaginary ones most of the time) He jumped out of his skin every time we walked around the site at night, because with every other step ...