We are back safe and well! Two whole weeks on the Yasawa Islands, natural beauty, cold showers and very, very interesting food... We took a boat trip upto the Northern Islands (around 5 hours away) and stayed at the Choral View resort for two nights. The beaches and sea are spectacular and we did lots of snorkling. Lots of lively traditional Fijian entertainment including a BULA Dance that we knew back to front by the fourth island. Our second destination was th...

"Let's hire a car and have a relaxing drive aorund Viti Levu!", we thought to ourselves. Well, we hired a car, which turned out really cheap and the drive to Suva, the main town in Fiji was beautiful. After a heavy downpour, we continued our road trip only to encounter the scariest roads I have ever seen in my life-no exaggeration! Roadworks have just started on this 40km stretch. Something we were completely unaware of. We had to cross a few incredibly...

I have been in Fiji for three days and it just gets better by the second. I felt quite reluctant about a few aspects here to start with, especially the Kava welcome ceremonies, where you are pretty much forced to drink what looks like dirty dish water from a bowl during some sort of ritual. I am pleased to say that I have survived my second Kava session. It is actually a root, which is grown for around twelve years, that is then dried and grounded. It is placed i...