Fiji Travel Blogs

After 3 Singapore Airlines flights and 1 Air Pacific flight,we arrived in Nadi and stayed in a friendly boutique budget hotel with superior accomodation:BLUEWATER LODGE,near the Airport and a beach(good food,pool,free airport pickup...) The next morning with our full  pockets for the fun…

Last year I went backpacking in New Zealand and thought:So close to Fiji and what a waste not to fly to this beautiful island! So we spontaneously booked a flight to Nadi and didn't waste our time to stay on the main island but to visit the Yasava islands! We visited Tavewa, one of the small northernmost islands.Next stop was Kuata, my favourite one! And the last one was South Sea island, the smallest island I've ever seen.

Well well... That was that but I'm not sad to leave this work. I'm sad to leave behind a lot of nice and wonderfull people, my former boss not included... For almost 2 weeks he hasn't spoken to me because he is mad that I'm leaving. So I thought that he would at least drop by today... Nop!!! So I p…

This morning was an early start as we had to be at the Port by 8:00am to catch the Yasawa Flyer at 08:30am.  The weather could have been better but I had a good feeling once we hit the Yasawa Group, the sky would clear.  We were told that we where heading for the Top Island in the Yasawa'…

  Upon arriving at Nadi Airport, my travel buddy, Mark and I decided to hop a seaplane to the Yasawa Group of Islands. {I had read about them in the Loney Planet Guide while inflight.} My friend and I love adventure and rarely make any serious plans...I love to see what a place offe…

April 19I spent the next night back on the mainland at Nadi Bay Hotel. This was nothing too exciting. My friends were preparing to leave and I was staying an extra few nights. We had dinner at the restaurant here and met lots of new people. I hooked up with some people to travel with to the Co…

The short trip to the resort gave us the first taste of the big island. It was not very touristy as you would expect from a town of fairly poor inhabitants. The route from the airport had a third-world feel. It is a somewhat unkempt town, but with a friendly no-worries?attitude. The island is heavi…

Very Beautiful, but far far - FAR - away :)

In Fiji the main island is not very interesting, is better go to the quieter Yasawa Islands with beach-side village: thatched huts known as 'bure', coconut trees, swaying palms, crystal blue waters and a gracious welcoming kava ceremony. For me, the most memorable aspects of Fiji were the open sm…

Spent a week in Fiji on Tokoriki Island in April 2007. Went mainly for a diving holiday, the underwater world in Fiji is just simple gorgeous.

In the transit lounge in Fiji, just an hour from flying to Australia, it feels like we are already there. People with strong accents and thongs all around; Chicken Twisties and Cadbury Chocolate for sale at the kiosk; a branch of ANZ for currency exchange; Bryce Courtney books on the shelves of …

holy crap.i am still jet lagged from the long trans-pacific flight from Nadi to L.A. I am staying at a friends house with two cats whom i am slightly allergic too. I sit here, typing and drinking some tea and ask myself "where have I been the last few months??...even the last week". Culture shoc…

Got on the boat back to the main land and headed back to a different hostel with dave and stef. On getting there I bumped in to a group of lads I had met in the cook islands and they were with 2 guys I had met in LA. On getting there, I was watching gladiators on youtube having had a long talk abo…

We spent about two weeks travelling through the Yasawa Islands in Oct 07. The weather was perfect and the locations awesome. Each island had its own character and style and we never got tired of the views. We met so many friendly people, Fijian and international backpackers. The snorkelling was fan…

Got to get out of here today and also got to sort getting to the islands, the travel desk is really not that informative, but took a guess and booked the Awesome Adventure Bula Pass, which basically lets me hop between islands for 2 weeks.  Booked my first 2 nights on an Island called Mantaray…