The last 5 days have been absolute bliss and a much needed break to chill out and re-charge our batteries ready for the last leg of the trip. We left Nadi early on Wednesday morning (27th Feb) and were taken by bus to Port Denarau, ready to catch the 8.30am Awesome Adventures boat to the Yasawa Islands. After a 5 hour cruise - where we got slightly pink - enjoying beautiful island views, we arrived at Tavewa Island and the Coral View Resort. We were taken ashore ...

Yesterday we were up, washed, changed and had our second complimentary coffee, before checking out of the Rainforest Lodge and boarding the bus by 8.45am. We had a 2 hour journey, stopping for food provisions en-route, along bumpy roads to a secondary school. We had a tour of the facilities, including library (containing a book about Britain that was so old it described Buckingham Palace as the place where the king lived!), dining room (which was really basic, ...

Yesterday morning we were up early and ready and waiting for our Feejee Experience bus by 8.00am - in true Fiji style it showed up at 8.30am! We made more pick ups around Nadi, then stopped for a 15 minute briefing on Feejee Experience and Fiji. After hearing what was in store for us, we headed into Nadi town where we had just 45 minutes to explore and buy lunch. We quickly went to a few supermarkets, the fruit market and an ATM, before rushing back to the bus f...

This morning we were up at 8.00am and spent a couple of hours sorting our bags out before checking out at 10.00am and catching the bus to the airport. The journey took around an hour and we were soon checked in ready for our flight to Fiji. We spent our time at the airport browsing duty free then boarded on time at around 1.45pm. The flight was good and we enjoyed Fish with noodles, carrots and spinach with pavlova for pud - yum! We landed in Nadi just before 4....

We started the day bright and early, getting up just before 6.00am, much to the delight of our fellow dorm sleepers, who hadn't arrived in until just before 4.00am (luckily they had to be up early as well!). Our bus departed at 6.50am and it was a long, boring, tiring day travelling back up to Auckland. We made a few stops en-route for a stretch of the legs, the longest stop being in Taupo for 30 minutes where we managed to grab a sandwich from the petrol statio...