Goodbye to the Outrigger and on to the islands of Matamanoa and Tokariki lying to the north west of the main island.We were collected just before 6 in the morning and driven to Port Denerau for our ferry trip- with a pits stop at a posh hotel in the tourist ghetto near the ferry port. We had a beautiful ride on the ferry, stopping at various islands on the way. Eventually we reached Manon Lagoon where we transferred to a smaller ferry- I forgot to mention that th...

VISIT TO HIGHLAND VILLAGE-WHAT A DAY!An early start with breakfast at 7 -picked up at hotel and then headed for the mountains.What a journey there! On reaching Sigatoka (local town) we collected a travel guide. Sandy needed the loo and was taken through the back streets to a tiny laundrette where a lady moved piles of junk to let her into an interesting loo! ( these places make our trip- ordinary places would be boring) On her return we wee driven by our kamikaze...

We visited the local ecopark-a rainforest/environmental project. We were greeted with a snake and iguanas to hold.The iguana got wrapped up in Sandy's hair- I was trying to take a photograph and she kept wriggling and screaming-how is a photographer supposed to operate in such conditions! We explored the forest on a fantastic tree top walk and saw many exotic birds. We learnt about the various trees and plants and their many usages. We found the plant that pr...

 North IslandWell this time we have luggage!We arrived in to Auckland to rain and freezing temperatures-welcome to a New Zealand summer!A brief stop here so decided to view it from the air-the SkyTower. Fantastic look at Auckland even if we did not feel quite in touch with what we were seeing!The following day we picked up the car and with Brian's aversion to any new machinery,Sandy drove up to Tukukaka  towards the Bay of Islands.We are findin...

  After a long and gruelling flight from Vancouver,with a stop over in Los Angeles we finally arrived in Fiji at 5.15 in the morning! We waited for along while for our luggage,only to find that it was still standing on the runway in Vancouver!  along with other people's luggage. We  think that the Canadians had read our blog and were retaliating!We left Canada which was knee deep in snow and arrived in Fiji to 80 degree temperatures and high hu...