Been in Fiji for nearly 2 weeks now..but last time i was online it was too slow to update... so you get a nice long one now..

started in nadi for 2 nights as we met some nice people in our room..so we explored one of the beaches on nadi first. and just took it easy and played some pool etc. its so so hot and can be really humid sometimes. in the first day i turned into a lobster..my skins not used to this heat..

left the mainland on a big boat with our bula pass..which means we can hop on and hop off on any island we wanted for 2 weeks. we went up north to the furthest island first..as the further out you go the more beautiful its spose to be. so we arrived on Nacula Island..with only 11 people on it. it was a very pretty traditional place....with little fijian huts to sleep in made of palm trees and stuff. was so quiet and relaxing. it was surreal as well because it looked like a postcard. stayed for 2 nights then left south for long a little resort called long beach on the matacawalevu island...oh my..it was not a good place..again very small with only about 10 people..but there were spiders EVERYWHERE...and i mean spiders...they were the size of hands..in nearly every tree. the food was shocking aswell...so we packed up early and left the next day..even though we paid for 2..we couldnt hack living under all these spiders.

next was naviti island..went to a resort called korovou.. we loved it here..everyone was friendly and it was much nicer than long beach. the food was a bit better but by this time we were getting sick of rice and veg...or noodles and veg. for every meal. it was here that the burn started brewing on my face.. i must have missed my right cheek with sun tan somehow and it was so so burnt.. a nice bubbly boil was brewing and i had to sit in the shade for 2 days with a tube of anti-septic on my face.. LUCKILY that did the trick and it healed in about a week..but it was a bit scary!

next we stopped at manta-ray..this was great..there was a big buffet of nice food..althought we had to pay quite a lot for it..it was a nice change from rice and veg. did some snorkling which is so good out here.. seen so many fishes and starfish..but luckily no sharks even though the ones around here are spose to be veggies..i made 2 bracelets out of coconuts..they helped pass time and they are a really nice reminder of my time in fiji... went to beachcomer for a night...nothing much to say about that as all we did was had dinner and slept..as there was a monsoon going on outside..it was very very wet. we spent 2 nights on bounty island which was pretty although a bit of a dive and the food was shocking...we hardly ate anything ..we had to stock up on pancakes in the morning..as dinner and lunch discusting..

we came back to mainland today and are happy with that as 2 weeks in fiji will turn ANYONE so so lazy...its the fijian way of life..it gets to you..we are looking forward to new zealand so much now as we can make our own food and get back into doing actual stuff..i have lost all motivation here...i find a walk to dinner hard now...so thats when you know its time to move on.

sorry this is such a long one..i just got really home sick...its about 4 days till christmas!!me and nat said we will try and find a pub in nz...for a nice roast. but HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVRYONE!!and will speak soon..i will also post some pics up in a few days.

lots of love xx