Okay, today was an adventure! We got collected at 7.30 Fiji time (which means 8.30) and the bus took us to Nadi again to get supplies for our ongoing journey. We then headed to Natadola beach, rated Fiji's finest. It really was beautiful with white sand and huge waves for Howellsey to play in! I remained mainly on the beach itself watching the cute kids playing rugby with no ball (read: fighting!) and reading my book. We had a fab BBQ lunch cooked by our guides (...

Today, we ventured out of the hotel complex and visited Nadi which is the third biggest town in Fiji and is about the size if Didsbury (with a population of a lot less!). We went on the local buses which are cheap, eccentric and have no windows!! Ended up in some dudes shop drinking kava and buying over priced souvenirs. Nadi was a bit scruffy but generally nice and surrounded by fields of sugar cane. Regarding the roads, I can't really ever complain about Manche...

Well, we are now in Fiji! Whoop! This week, we spent a very chilled few days in Santa Monica with Allen and Jess. We wanted to visit the Huntington library but mixed up our days so it wasn't to be this time! Instead we went back to Santa Monica pier (where we were for part of last years hols), tried corn dogs (officially dirty food but you can't knock it - bit like Kansas chicken!), did some admin and Ian took a dip in the sea. We also had another fab meal with A...