We got up early today to get our transfer to the Yasawa islands, sailing on a bright yellow catamaran to one of the furthest with our Blue Lagoon resort. One choppy ride and several hours later we arrived that afternoon to a crowd of Fijians singing the 'welcome song', complete with guitars and harmonies, on the beach to greet us! We also got started on saying 'Bula!' at any given opportunity, which means hello, life, and just about anything els...

We landed in Fiji early in the morning and headed straight to our hostel. Man City were playing so we spent a couple of hours watching the match whilst we waited for our room. It was already swelteringly hot and I realised that wearing a cast on the islands (with no access to medical help for a week) was going to be very uncomfortable. Fortunately Rob's friend James (who by this point we had sent some wine for being so helpful) said I could just use my spl...