Rotorua is full of geo thermal activity and is famous for its geysers (see pic), boiling mud pools and volcanoes. We went to Hells Gate, a place where you can see these geysers in action. There are also mud baths. For a small fee we walked around the natural bubbling mud pools and geysers. They spit out jets of steam and boling water from below the ground to heights of several meters! After this and several photographs later, part of the package was to make use o...

Kia Ora (Hi or hello in Mauri) We have been in NZ for about 5 hours now and as I write this I am sitting in an almost full Internet cafe in the heart of Auckland. The flight was 3 hours from Nadi and was very short compared to our 11 and 13 hour flights that we have been so used to! We really are seasoned travellers now! As many of our flights are with Singapore Airlines, we are trying to get membership to their Frequent Flyers Club, so we can ge...

The last two nights were spent in the highlands. This was our last real slice of Fijian culture we would ever see. (for now anyway!) We stayed with a family right on the top of a hill in a small bure (traditional Fijian hut, pronounced BUR-AY) see pics in my photo section. Sarah and I were the only guests at Nambululevu so it was very intimate and personal. We ate with them every mealtime and as their English wasn't brilliant, our conversation was reduced t...

Naviti- Korovou Eco Tour Resort Naviti was our last stop of the Fijian islands. Although we really enjoyed the time spent here, we felt rather sad that this would be our last few days with this picture perfect scenery! So we decided to perk up and make the most of it! We arrived on the 31st of October which was Halloween and we were very surprised to see that hardly any of the Fijians had heard of it. We asked Sitiveni, one of the waiters if he could ge...

Tavewa- Coral View Resort Coral View was one of our favourite resorts and we met the most friendliest people here, The people here were so hospitable and friendly, that we stayed another night. Fijian's have many favourite games, but muscial statues, musical chairs and the stick game seem to beat the lot! Our first night at the resort was spent drinking, dancing and swimming in the sea! they also taught us how to play a card game called s***head. Apparently...