Bula everyone! Our two weeks in paradise have come to an end and we've had an amazing time, it feels like we've been here forever. Fiji is such a beautiful place with the friendliest of people on earth. We spent the majority of our time here out on the Yasawa Islands on an organised trip. We felt it would be the best way to see as much as we could. Our twelve day trip took us to five different islands spending a couple of nights on each. Each island had its own character but all had white sands and crystal blue seas.

The first island we headed for was Kuata Island and after a first day getting used to paradise we were up at 5am the next morning for a guided summit walk. We were taken to the top of a mountain on the island, where we could watch the sunrise and soon after breakfast we were out in the sea kayaking, which was great even though the sea was choppy. To finish a busy day on the Kuata Island we went sunset fishing, which was definately a first for both of us. Who says paradise is about lying on the beach!

To hop from island to island we had to catch a small taxi boat that took us out to sea, where we would catch a scheduled Catamaran, that cruised to the top of the Yasawa island and back to mainland Nadi all day. We were dropped off at Yaqeta Island where we stayed at a new resort called Sanawaii. The resort is yet to get electricity in the rooms, so after sunset we were given oil lamps, which was quite an experience. Our accomadation while out on the islands were traditional Fijian huts on the beach called Bures. The Bures are made of wood and would definately not be suited to Redcar beach and the strong winds off the North Sea! On one of the days at Yaqeta, Lee made friends with about 10 local Fijian lads from the local village. They played in the sea with a football Lee had bought from Nadi. Most of the lads could speak good English and loved talking about Premiership football. (Needless to say they're all Boro fans now!!) On the night time with the dying flame of the oil lamp, we had a huge spider on our Mosquito net. Now we all know how scared Lynz is of spiders and too be honest when she sees a small one in England she screams, but this was a big fella and when it ran into the rafters, how she slept through the night we'll never know!

Our third island was Nanuya Lailai, where we stayed at Sunrise Resort, which is a friendly and very fun place to be. As Fiji is so laid back, Fijians use "Fiji time", which is when for example somebody says "I'll be there at 9pm Fiji time" they mean they'll be late! We got a taste of Fiji time when we were told to be in the Dining room in 10minutes for a Kava ceremony, 45minutes later and we were helping the locals prepare the Kava! Kava is a traditional Fiji drink, which is made from the root of a plant, where it is crushed until it turns into powder. They add water to it and you drink it in one go. The Kava looks like muddy water and makes your tongue and lips slightly numb, but hey we had plenty of it so its not that bad!! The morning after we headed out on a trip to Sawailau caves, which was included in our package. The caves were quite impressive and to get to another part of the cave, we had to dive under water down a black hole, which was quite scary, but when we popped up the other side we got quite buzz from what we had just done. We met two really nice couples while at Sunrise, James and Jo from Bristol and Guilherme and Laura from Brazil. We all headed to the other side of the island to the Blue Lagoon, where the film Blue Lagoon starring Brooke Shields was set. Here we did some snorkeling and sunbathed on the perfect white sand. On one of the nights we played Fiji Bingo, which is something we never anticipated doing while on an island in the South Pacific. It was very funny especially as you had to shout BULA!! instead of shouting bingo.

The next island was Nanuya Balavu, where we stayed at Manta Ray resort. The best thing about Manta Ray was the food. It was nice to have a choice of food through a buffet, where on other islands we had be served at the table, and all the food here tasted so good! The bures at Manta Ray where more modern and we were greatful to have our own fan, especially as the heat was unbelieveably hot through the days, where we just relaxed in the hammocks or went kayaking or snorkeling in the sea - whatever we fancied!

For our final island we headed to the Mamanuca Islands and arrived at Bounty Island, where Celebrity Love Island was set. As James, Jo, Guilherme and Laura were here as well we all enjoyed happy hour and got drunk, while the lads talked football football football, even though Bristol City are good to talk about, it was pretty amazing talking about Brazilian football! The next day we went to see the Celebrity Love Island set, which Lynz was especially pleased about. On our final day in paradise we hopped aboard the Seaspray sailing boat, which was a trip included in our package. The Seaspray cruised round the Mamanuca Islands and took us to a traditional Fijian village on Yanuya Island where we got a taste of Fijian culture. The village has 300 residents, a school and church and even though life in the village is very basic, it is said the people of Yanuya village are content and have no worries. To end an amazing time on the Fiji islands, the Seaspray took us to Modriki Island, which is an uninhabited island and is where the Tom Hanks film Castaway was filmed. It was surreal being here as we both love this film and it just looked like what we expected, we were disappointed mind that we never saw Wilson!! After abit of snorkeling and relaxing we headed back to mainland Nadi, to end a once in a life time experience, awaiting a flight to New Zealand.