My travels around the pacific
Trip Start
Oct 17, 2007
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Trip End
Ongoing
Nadi,
Viti Levu,
Fiji
Thursday, July 24, 2008
I've had the best time whilst traveling around the pacific, i wont fill you in of the in betweens of my last entry and now. I'm currently in Auckland NZ on the road again tomorrow.
Here goes:
Thursday 26th June 2008 (Nadi Fiji)
Arrived in Fiji, and the heat hit us straight away. We were quite tired as we'd spent the night in Auckland airport after leaving Sydney. We stayed at the Sky lodge, it was a really nice hostel. We had a explore around before showering and having a few drinks by the pool, before hitting our beds ready for a tour of the yasawa islands.
Friday 27th June 2008 (tour begins- sunrise lagoon nanuya lailai )
We jumped on the tour bus to take us to the port to catch the catamaran to take us to the islands, it was a huge yellow bus that looked like something out of the Malibu advert LOL. Our vessel was Tiger 4 (thinks it's a great name). After 5 hours on the boat we boarded a long boat to take us to the resort.
We had dinner waiting for us and then was shown our dorm room. The entertainer guy there was called Queen, he was as camp as Christmas but we loved him! We went and chilled on the beach for a few hours before dinner. We all had to introduce ourselves name, where from etc, then Queen made us sing our national anthems from our respective countries. Kerstin and a guy called Mike were only 2 from Scotland, but they did a good job!
There was about 20 of us from England and we sang our hearts out we even did the instrumental LOL. Then it was lights out, we played guess what song I'm listening to on my ipod with our dorm mates which amused us for a while.
Saturday 28th June (Bay of plenty Matacawalevu)
Jumped back on the catamaran this afternoon to head south to our next tropical island. We headed to the Bay of plenty resort. as we were approaching the island on the long boat, the staff were standing on the shore singing their welcoming song and a tray of ice cold drinks.
We shared a dorm room with 2 girls form Poland Ola and Monique, and Jason a guy from Canada. There were a German couple too but were flash packing in a double room. Again we spent most of the afternoon relaxing and taking in the view. At dusk we went into the village and watched the boys from the village play a game of 7's rugby, it was a very nice sight to see, but we also enjoyed the game LOL. At dinner we had a Mongolian style BBQ, where you put everything raw on your plate meat, veg, sauce etc then Duncan the chef put it all in a wok style BBQ and cooked it for us. After dinner we had a few drinks with the other guests to start the celebrations for Kerstin's birthday. WE also had a lesson from Jacob in Fijian.
Sunday 29th June (Kerstin's Birthday White sandy beach Naviti)
We spent tour morning at Bay Of Plenty whilst Kerstin opened her cards and presents. We had a lovely breakfast of bread and fresh fruit. We had a walk into the village and we were invited into Jacobs house, where he old us about the village in which he lived, about the different tribes, where the Fijian rugby captain lived & showed us some war clubs his father had carved.
That afternoon we arrived at white sandy beach, again we were welcomed in. We made real good friends here especially James, Laps and Bruce the last 2 are staff. At dinner we got chatting to said people and had some drinks with them for Kerstin's birthday. We then went to the beach and built a fire and laps brought his guitar along. Me, Kerstin and James then sat in the hammock looking at the stars before going to bed at 3am!
Monday 30th June (White sandy beach)
Not much happened today, people came and went and we just sat and read our books in the hammock.
After dinner we were asked to go out onto the sand whilst the staff entertained us. They sang and danced for us, then we were told that the guests were going to join in! It was so much fun, we learnt the Bula dance! We then had a game of musical statues but in pairs so if one of you moved both were out. Laps was my partner and Bruce was Kerstin's. we both came head to head but we let Kerstin win (LOL) as it was her birthday . The staff also made Kerstin a cake as we never told them the day before.
Tuesday 1st July (White sandy beach)
Had pancakes and fresh fruit for breakfast, we then hired some snorkeling gear and headed to honeymoon beach, the other side of the island. My lens came out as soon as i put my face in the water so I didn't snorkel for long. a little girl from the island about 2 came and sat with us and started building sand castles so i played with her for a while before deciding I'd had enough, so we got up to leave and she started crying really loud. I tried taking her back to the village but she got even louder so i dumped her with some other people on the beach and me and Kerstin went back to the resort.
After dinner we had the same entertainment as the night before, except for we did the limbo, i was rubbish. We then again lit a fire and we all sat round it chatting away till the small hours again, but i didn't want to go to bed as we were leaving for our last island waya lailai.
Wednesday 2nd July (waya lailai -waya lailai island)
Arrived at waya lailai this afternoon, we spent the morning packing at swinging in the hammocks. Waya lailai was so beautiful but packed out with backpackers which was a bit of a shame! Once arriving at waya lailai we were in time for tea and coffee so i grabbed a cup and a biscuit! Friday nights there were Fijian night, where we had traditional Fijian food and then a Karva ceremony, that stuff is disgusting! They then sang and danced for us.
Thursday 3rd July
Today we had a walk along the beach and visited the village. We were invited in and we learnt how to weave from banana leaf, we made a bracelet each and a bookmark, i made a ring too! We also brought some other stuff too! We got back to Nadi late afternoon and stayed at the Sky lodge again, before heading to Tonga on the 4th.
