I think the Fijian culture is rubbing off already-today I had a very laid back day,and my first lie-in for ages! Around midday I headed into Nadi (pronounced Nandi) town centre with some girls from my hostel,but as our hostel is fairly out the way we had to catch public transport. I didn't realise before I got to Fiji quite how poor the area is. The public buses are more like trucks,with no windows,broken seats,no suspension(and the roads aren't all that smooth e...

First full day in Fiji,and it's hot!!yey!Lovely resort,though its in the middle of nowhere....(and I don't know where anything else is in relation to it...)Today I went on a cruise to a beautiful Fijian Island. On the ship we took part ina traditional Kava ceremony where everyone shares a special Fijian 'tea',then we sang fijian songs til we got to the island. We spent the morning snorkelling which was beautiful and really really colourful,and then had a bbq lunc...