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hi all,
well im back from the islands a day early for several reasons which i will go on to explain. the first island was in the yasawas and i stayed at sunrise resort which was very basic, cold showers that didnt really work they just dribbled, no electricity, etc - its amazin how quick you get used to cold showers and smelly clothes! the boat journey there was 5hrs and although it was quite smooth i got quite sea sick, but i was ok when i got there. it was a medium sized island you could walk round it in an hour and a half at low tide, on the first day there i walked over to the other side where BLUE LAGOON was filmed, the sea was beautiful, the walk across to the other side was horrible though, it reminded me of walking to water-break-its-neck when i was at dunfield, lol, and for those of you that were there you know how much of that trip i spent on my bum!!! that night in bed i spotted the BIGGEST HUGEST flying cockroach you have ever seen in your life, i swear i have never been so scared, lizards i can cope with, spiders are fine but big big flyin cockroaches are horrible- i wrapped my mosquito net around me and kept my torch on pretty much all night!!!! anyway by the next night id kinda got over it as i had other things on my mind such as the weather- you guessed it, it was raining, what is it about the places im visitin? its meant to be the dry season like the cook islands was, honestly dont visit in the wet season! anyway ther was absolutely nothin to do, not even one shop so i was really bored whilst everyone else went on a cave trip that id opted out of coz it involved a boat ride- and thak god i did opt out of it coz the boat sank! no one was hurt though, thankfully. anyway i left that island the next day to go to niviti island, stayin at korovou eco resort. i had a travel sickness tablet off someone before i left and it worked, i loved niviti it was such a lovely welcoming place and the locals are so so friendly they cant do enough for you, it was still really basic but im used to that now. weather was still rubbish though so i learnt a lot of card games! anyway i stayed there for 2nights and was meant to be going to kuata island yesterday, but it has a major bad reputation for being dirty and having mice, apparently sum1 got food poisoning there as well so i was a bit unsure but i was still going to go until i got on the boat and was really really ill, it was so so choppy the upper deck was off limits, i spent the 4hr journey near the toilets and sick bags were given out! anyway thats my first week in fiji, i will fill you all in on the rest of the time when i can, am here another 2 weeks! keep in touch! gem xxxxxx
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