The one where the biggest decision in life is what to have for lunch

Sooo... we made it!! All the stresses as of saturday are very much behind us, we very much took advantage of all the free goodies on the flights, so arrived in fiji feeling very stuffed and hungry after the lack of sleep and crossing the date line! LA airport was a stressful encounter, spending our time there endlessly queing, so we were very happy to be on the plane to fiji, (with air pacific, not virgin, as faye thought haha, at least one of us is switched on!!!) awaiting our arrival to paradise, and this deffinately did not dissappoint, fiji is a beautiful place and is excactly what you see in pictures! We boarded the Yasawa flyer, and the name of the boat very much lived up to its name - it took us from the mainland to the island, and we had to be the last stop on the boat didn't we, and due to the recent bad weather in fiji the sea was very choppy, which only meant one thing - a horrific four hours spent on a flying boat feeling practically like death. Now i understand your pain Claire when you get sea sick on a ferry to france - you would not want to experience this!!! so we were very happy to be met at our island by a singing band and a cocktail!!!!

We spent our first afternoon visiting the local village and experiencing the traditional fijian culture, pariticpating in fijian dances and exploring the local schools/churches etc - the highlight of this was faye being sick outside of the most respected place in their village - the church - haha she still wasnt feeling very well from the boat and didnt realise the fact it was near a church so we will let her off!!! After a quick swim in the sea it was time for dinner and we are making the most of the three meals a day here for sure!! A tradition in fiji is drinking cava, which is basically mud and water and it is suppose to make you sleep well and feel totally relaxed so after a doce of that an early night was in order!!

The weather has been perfect since we have been here and yes you guessed it I have been bitten to death already and have burnt slighly - standard cat whittall!!! but lets hope my skin gets use to this over the next five months!! We have had a little rain today, but this did not stop us - we went on a snorkelling trip, and it was amazing!! saw soo many different beauitful fish, including blue star fish and a sea snake, and were feeding the fish - steph jones you would have hated it and tom payne you would have been very proud - I am now a pro compared to KOS!!

We have met some lovely people already, everyone talks to everyone and it is so chilled here. Everyone seems to be at the end of their travels, and are ridiculously brown which is sickening so me and faye look very pasty lying next to them on the beach!!!

Anyways it doesn't really feel like this is going to be our life for the next five months -the biggest decision I have to make in life right now is what to have for lunch and that is an amazing feeling!!!

Anyways we are both safe and having an awesome time already, missing you all lots and can't wait for everything that is to come! Will update you when I can but there is one computer on this resort and I am very much feeling the pressure behind me to hurry up so must dash, lots of love xxxxxxx