Tubakula

I'd agree with most of the compliments on Trip Advisor about this place. It was a great find and nice contrast to the Resort syndrome. Next door was the Outrigger which would have cost many times more to stay in one of their apartment blocks. We had a ...

... instruments. With no set itinerary, Brian and I set off for a coach to take us to the Coral Coast and our hostel, Tubakula. After a long ride, we arrived, hoping that vacancies existed at the hotel/hostel. The dorms were booked but luckily a room with ...

... cancelled and we all got to go back to bed for a bit. Around 11:00 my marine biology left from lower campus to go to Tubakula Resort for our field trip. The bus ride was nice and peacful, as always, and when we stayed in dorm accomodations. I stayed ...

... with Fiji's most famous farewell song sung in native tongue. It was so sad to go after the incredible experience! We got back to Tubakula and decided to have a few beers. No one was around as usual so we went to the common room, watched some of The ...

Today Brian and I woke up early at 6:00. Sadly, we were leaving Tubakula but were off to Naviti, an island in the Yasawas off the western coast of Viti Levu (the large island of Fiji). After a hurried breakfast, we jumped in a cab and headed to Denarau, ...

... , but no bread was left. We opted for pancakes with ice cream and a fresh fruit platter. Happy and full, we came back to Tubakula and laid out, catching some much-needed sun. We were hungry again so headed back to our area for some pizza at Le Cafe. We ...

Just across the road from Tubakula and The Outrigger was the Kulu Eco Park. It's a rare success story in bringing a number of native critters back from the brink, so the rather expensive entry fee was less painful. Tourist fees also pay  for ...

Onto Fiji!!! We left for Fiji on Monday 15th June, our fight went well and landed in Nadi at about 4pm, no time difference from NZ.  We attempted to get a bus to our accomadation but were told it was the Queens bday and everything was off ...

16.24 - Overall it's been a good day. The weather has been excellent, hot with hardly a cloud in the sky. Bloody typical that it's my last full day though! We headed along the coast on the bus to a place called Korotogo which I beautiful. It's very ...

Fiji marked our first 'new' country, and it was obvious from shortly after landing that things were going to be very different. Hawaii has long since given up on the free traditional welcome, but in Nadi (pronounced 'Nandi' - there's an invisible n in ...