Hi all. We have officially left the Big Island in Fiji and are now calling the Malololailai Island Home. We are staying at a beautiful resort called Plantation. We have traded in our backpacks, dirty clothes, shower sandels, cramped dorm room hostels, and boxed wine (goon) for white fresh linens, clean clothes although still the same, a …
What once was a thought, a dream and a hope has finally turned into reality. The week and day has come. Off we go, destined for fun, sun, and adventure. An experience to remember forever. Two destinations with very different meanings. On one hand a vacation to see a part of the world we've never seen and on the other a glimspe into history, heritage and family roots. The trip will consist of 56 flight hours, 8 airports, 4 countries (Canada, America, Australia and Fiji) and 5 weeks. …
What once was a thought, a dream and a hope has finally turned into reality. The week and day has come. Off we go, destined for fun, sun, and adventure. An experience to remember forever. Two destinations with very different meanings. On one hand a vacation to see a part of the world we've never seen and on the other a glimspe into history, heritage and family roots. The trip will consist of 56 flight hours, 8 airports, 4 countries (Canada, America, Australia and Fiji) and 5 weeks. Keep your fingers crossed that it
turns out to be everything we expect. I hope you enjoy checking in from time to time to experience it all as we do. Mike and Nina "Stripped of your ordinary surroundings, your friends, your daily routines, your refrigerator full of food, your closet full of clothes - with all this taken away, you are forced into direct experience. Such direct experience inevitably makes you aware of who it is that is having the experience. That's not always comfortable, but it is always invigorating." -Michael Crichton
Hi all. We have officially left the Big Island in Fiji and are now calling the Malololailai Island Home. We are staying at a beautiful resort called Plantation. We have traded in our backpa…
Hi all. We are back from the dead. We are back on solid ground and washing every day. It feels good to be clean again, but dirty was a whole lotta fun! This past weekend truly has been the…
tyrn and kelsey
hey guys! how was Rome for you? we loved it, and are now in the athens airport, on our way to cairo.
hope you're safe and sound.
t & k
Rowe
Mike,
call Johnny with your address......nobody knows your new address....and I don't know how to get ahold of you either (new phone #?). Look me up this coming weekend if you are over this way.
Barb
How is sunny LA by now you are there and don't know if it is day or night the time change will take a little getting used to. Re: our talk yesterday I will be in Halifax and will pick you up Sat. Night. Your new pics were awsome. As Claire would say one more sleep. See you on Sat.
Mom
Mike C
Hey guys we are in Sydney, Aus. Its cold here. Sunny LA tomorrow or yesterday depending on the time zone. There are some new pics on the site to check out. Hope you like. Greg I think I maybe home in September for Johnnys wedding. So we'll see you then for sure!! How is Maria? Talk to you soon.
Tony Fitz
Muck and Nina,
I don't see a stop over in Bermuda on your return trip itinerary... We got sand, beaches, and palm trees too you know!
That's fine, didn't really want you here anyway ! :)
Have a safe return home!
Anita
Hi everybody! I'm awake tonight! The last time Mike messaged I just couldn't rally the troops to get off of the couch. Thanks to some good old Fiji Cappuchino I'm ready to go tonight. P.S. Mike wants a cappuchino maker when we get home. He's found a new love for "Fancy coffee" (Timmy and Jeff I know that pains you). ANyway, our adventure is winding down but we are still loving it. We are currently in the lazy stages. We've spent 6 days laying on the beach, hiking the island, playing golf and sleeping. Excellent! Tomorrow we are back to backpacking and hostels for awhile.
Fiji, like Australia, has been awsome. It's a completly different vacation and we'll fill you all in when we get home. Keep and eye on the site because we'll post the rest of the pics and stuff when we get home, if not before.
Dad, while you are here you should take some time to explore the northern side of Viti Levu, it's beautiful. Probably the prettiest part of the island. Lots of hidden gems I'll tell you about later. Anyway, gotta jet, we've got half a bottle of wine we have to finish tonight...hmmmm, maybe on the beach, maybe on our deck.....decisions, decisions! Oh how life will change soon enough!
Oh and for those of you wondering (cause I know there are those of you wondering) we didn't elope....ha ha. But after 5 weeks of travelling together 24/7 we also haven't broken up! Not bad eh? We make pretty decent travel companions.
See you all when we get home.
Anita
Mike C
Hey Greg, I forgot to answer your question last time. We Leave the island tomorrow, then one more night in Nadi (Wed), Thursday night we stay in Sydney, then Friday night in Los Angeles. So we actually get home 9:30 Saturday night. Long travel home but the stop overs in the big cities will be fun to.
Janet and Steve or Barb (if you are in Halifax) is it possible for one of you to pick us up at the airport. If not we can cab it to the nearest hostel. I'll call you from LA. Don't change any plans for us though. We have become used to public transit!!
Mike
mom
Hello Mike and Nina....We are so happy you guys are having such a great trip.it is even beyond what we had hoped for you.Dad is so happy for you,uoy would think he had planed it for you ,he can't wait to have a talk to you and i think he will explor fiji so much more and he will be thinking about you guys all the time he will be doing it.We love you and we are anxious to have you back .Be safe and enjoy the trip home. LOVE MOM DAD XOXOXOXOX
Timmy
Missed ya last night rocky. Me chief and G hit the bottle - I myself hit it way too hard an was almost at risk of "re-inventing the purse" so to speak, but the simboys were persistant and dragged me DT - very similar to pylon night in Hali, without the pylons of course. We pretty much spend 2-3 hours stumblin around DT Calgary lookin for a place to happen - which never happened. Good times though. As you can see from the chiefers post he was feeling pretty good too. Caps lock half way through the message and sentimental sendoffs - hahaha
gotta jet
Cheers
Mark
Karen
Hi Guys
Fiji sounds and looks like the paradise you have found!! So glad your odyssey has been such a success. Thanks so much for taking the time and trouble to keep us all informed and entertained!! Hope you have a great trip home, and can't wait to see you
Cheers
Karen & Peter
Janet
Hi Michael and Anita,
Be not afraid! We have been keeping an eye on the site, just not so good at posting our own messages..Life with 2 kids under 4 does that to us.
We are down here at mom's this weekend. Spent the day at John and Tina Moshers- really hot here this weekend and laid around their pool all day- mom, dad, and kids were like raisins by the end of the day. Claire was diving, jumping all alone (with a lifevest of course) and Ryan- well lets just say we could not keep him out of the water which meant no rest for us!.
We will head back this afternoon in time for Claire's swimming lessons- I think she is going to be a swimmer like her mom. She was asking yesterday how many days till you come home- a few weeks ago- 35 days seemed like a lot to her- as you know her majic number is 30. I don't believe she really understands how many that is- she just knows it is a lot.
Not a lot new here- Steve has taken all of his weekends off this summer- so very nice to have him around- we have been making sure we plan ahead to make best of the summer- which by the way has finally arrived.
So have fun, take care and enjoy the rest of your vacation- Sounds as if this has opened your eyes to a whole new world!
Stay safe,
Janet (Steve and kids)
Chief
hey h*&o, how's it goin? The pictures are quite nice, i am very jealous of your trip. And by the way, Nina, you are quite stunning in the traditional garments. Satch, I'M WRITING THIS MESSAGE FROM cALGARY AS THE SUN IS COMIMG UP AT 5:03 AM AFTER SPENDING A NIGHT WITH gARRETT AND THE OTHER H*^O (SORRY FOR THE GRAMMER). WE TRIED TO SPEND A NIGHT ON THE TOWN BUT I'M AFRAID WE GOT A LATE START AND MISSED MOST OF THE ACTION FOR MOST OF THE LATE EVENING ESTABLISHMENTS HAD ALREADY CLOSED. WE DIDN'T EVEN REALLY HAVE ANY SUCCESS AT THE CASINO( SOUND FAMILIAR). ANYWAYS, I'M DROPPIN' , SO I'M GONNA GO> HAVE A GREAT TIME ON THE REMAINDER OF YOUR TRIP. BE SAFE AND SAY HI TO BEAUTIFUL NINA FOR MARK AND I.
LATER FRIEND
CHIEF
