Bula everyone!!! So here I am at the end of my 6th week in Fiji already!! I can't believe how time is disappearing, and I know I am also well overdure on my next update so thought I better catch you all up with life in the South Pacific!! It caertainly has been an eventful 3 weeks to say the least, for a start there have been some amazing weekend trips to say the least- personally I think all teachers should be able to spend their weekends laying on a beautif...

Hi everyone!!!!! So here is the much requested next update from life in sunny Fiji!!!! It has been a great couple of weeks and I am really starting to settle into life here, I feel much more at home and the home-sickness has worn off for the time-being. That coupled with a great skype call with my parents and also some great news job-wise for when I return in January have all helped to cheer me up and get back to enjoying island life! What has really become ap...

Bula from Fiji!!! I made it!!! And have survived my first week- what a week it has been!!! So after 32 hours of travelling I finally made it to the other side of the world!! The journey was an adventure in itself- went pretty smoothly until I got to Sydney, just stopping off for an hour in Bangkok. However on arrival at Sydney I was informed that as I was taking a domestic flight to Brisbane I had to pass through their immigration and customs as well as complet...

Hi Everyone :-) Well I am all set and ready to go (I think!!!). Leaving for Heathrow in about half an hour!! I have quadruple checked my passport, money, travellers cheques, flight tickets etc..... and now have just the contents of a 16kg rucksack to live from for the next few months!! I am feeling very excited, nerves kicking in slightly now but I don't think to be honest it has all quite sunk in yet!! I think 29 hours on a plane will probably be the thing t...