Catching up
Fiji goodbye and thank you
06.10.2011 - 08.10.2011
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Trying to import some of our pictures . Sadly some of Canada including a thrown away raccoon are on another chip and I can't get hold of it at present as Geoff is watching France beat the socks of England (boo hoo)- Have tried but computer restrictions not allowing it again sorry
On our way to Fiji we stopped for an hour at Christmas Island. Apparantly there are two in the Indian Ocean and one in the Pacific Ocean. We stopped at the Pacific one. It was an interesting airport making Coventry airport look like Heathrow. We talked to some people who got on the plane there, the terminal was a tin shack but we did notice a VIP Lounge sign. I asked them about this and they replied that the VIP lounge was just that in as much as it had the only toilet in the place. They also told us that they had just got married and that the whole thing only cost $200 Australian- So if anyone out there is interested, what a good idea.?...great surfing too.
Thursday October 7th.
After the sun shone we started the day very overcast, but the snorkeling trip was on . We waded out to the boat walking one behind the other to avoid 'sting rays' and zoomed off to a reef. the fish were beautifull and came so close to you. Geoff snorkeled for the first time and really enjoyed it. We then visited thwo islands but the heavens opened and we spent most of our island time in a beach cafe watching rain drops bounce off tables and chatting to an Anglo /Austraian family from Melbourne and Solihul. We made it back to the boat and rushed home dodging rain storms. In the afternoon during a break in the torrential rain we went for a walk outside the resort. The shacks that the local Fijians lived in are incredibly basic but the people all called out 'Bula' to us and smiled and waved . We came back feeling very humble and greatful that we had such a good standard of living. It was with a great deal of sadness for the brevity of our stay that we left this morning for the airport and made our way to New Zealand
Posted by mrs kington 08.10.2011 01:50 Archived in Fiji
Hi Sue and Geoff
All sounds totally amazing and a good balance of relaxation and 'challenges'...please please get the photos on, I can't wait to see them!
Hope New Zealand comes up to all expectations...I'm sure it will!
Judy x
12.10.2011 by judystarkie