Fiji
The flight was about 11 hours from LAX to Fiji. We landed in a rather small town called Nadi. Things here are quite different. At the airport we were bombarded with about a dozen hawkers all trying to get us to stay in their hotel or in their hostel or take a trip to the islands... they are very nice, but also a little bit pushy. We shrugged them off and figured out where to stay on our own. We ended up staying in a cheap hostel that is quite a dive. The room is AC'd but the bunks are kinda shitty. The showers have no heads on them and are just tile rooms and floors with no stalls. You just walk in, lock the door and shower... it looks a bit like a prison cell with a few tiles on the wall. The next morning we woke up and tried to shower and the knob to turn on the water was GONE! so we just used the sink to sponge bathe.
Our second night we spent at a small back packers resort. This place is very nice and not that much more in price. It's right on the beach and their are half a dozen hamocks to sit and sleep in. They even have some great big swings made out of bamboo seats that you can use to swing out over the waves. It's pretty neat and very picturesque. Although their really isnt' much to do their except sit around and read a book, journal, sleep, and eat. It's a really nice place to relax for a few days. We only stayed one day and decided to go to the islands where we can snorkel and maybe surf too.
Today we came back to Nadi to sleep in the Dive/crappy hostel :P (it's the cheapest place in town and we are basically the only people there.) This way we are sure not to miss our boat to the island at 9:30 tomorow morning. The beach house is about 2 hours and 30 minutes away from the boat, so it would be cutting it very close to stay another night on the beach. Besides, we can always come back to the Beach House for a few days after the islands.
I'm not sure if they have a computer on the island so it may be a few days before I can post again. Pictures are great, but need to find a shop that I can access the camera and put pics up.
Thanks to all of you that helped me get here and thank you for all your supportive emails and posts.
P.S. When does "Borat" come out again? I want to see that. :-P
posted by Mike @ 9:37 PM
6 comments
6 Comments:
i miss you...have fun on the islands. :)
amy
I'm glad someone was out enjoy nice weather and beaches. I was in Billings... in a tent... it was cold.
Miss you, wish I were with you guys! *hugs*
Hope the shower conditions get better. Could use some of that nice weather here. We have cold wind and rain.- what's new for Livingston. M&D
OMG! haha i'm sorry ilaughed at the situation with the showers there at the crappy/dive joint. hehe. BTW - if yer ever in a shower place again with bare floors like that, and especially in a crappy/dive place...wear flip flops to shower in, cheapy plastic one or whatever...but it'll save yer feet from athletes foot or any other number of fungal rot stuff that you can get. :) Have fun snorkelling and scuba'ing, look forward to pictures!
Laurel
Hi Mike: While in Fiji, make sure to catch some of the Indian food. There are some fantastic curry places and they are usually pretty inexpensive. I agree with Laurel re the flip flops - I used 'em everywhere. Do ya' wish ya' had a hat yet? (I shd've known you were not the type to lay around all day on the beach).
Looking forward to some photos. New snow in the Bridgers and a bit in town, but a beautiful sunny day today.
Pam
Oh life's rough on the WARM BEACH! :-P We're finding a LOT of stuff that's yours you forgot to pack or take out of 1321, too ;-)
Still- you're missed bunches :-)
Keep us all posted!
~Matt
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