Fiji Jan 29 - Feb 7

Unfortunately/fortunately for me, I flew in right after 2 cyclones blew through Fiji. This was pretty crazy because while I was there, there were still flooding and trees were blown down. It looked like a mess and from what I hear people go stuck on the islands without food or water for a couple of days. I did not get to make it out to the islands because the boats were closed and the weather was not co-operating with me. The whole week I was in Fiji, I saw about 20 mintues of sunlight, nevertheless, I still had a great time and met some great people who I plan on meeting up with again and traveling with. I made the best out of the time that I was in Fiji and plan on heading back up there in Jan 09 after my time in New Zealand!!

The second day I was there, there was a Kava ceramonie. This used to be just specifically for the chiefs of the village but then became a national drink. Kava is made from a root and filtered out in water, apparently it was supposed to make you feel mellow but didnt really do anything to me other then make my tounge numb. The way your supposed to recieve it is that you clap once, drink the coconut bowl, then clap twice when you done. It was pretty cool to sit around and talk to the locals about different things!!



At the hostel I was staying at, I ran into an Irish guy, Aden, we got talking and talked about hiring a car and driving around the South bend of the island toward Suva the capital. The weather was not great but we still had a good time. I mean if you spend more then 12 hours in a car with the same people then you know your in good company. Here is the crew at the Coral Coast, Millie, Hanna, Me, and Aden. I have to add that driving on the roads/highways in Fiji was an experience in itself. No lights on the roads, small animals/people that come out of nowhere, and to add to it, the Europeans I was with have never drove an automatic car.....meaning the brake got jammed thinking it was the clutch. To add, it was raining and the left light was out, haha and Fiji would have speed bumps that would come out of nowhere.....glad it was a rental!!



This picture is of me at the Coral Coast, it really didnt look like Fiji, so I held up some Fiji water to prove it, haha but the coast was really cool because there was broken up coral everywhere along the shoreline!!



Here is a picture of my infront of their "street lights" apparently they would light these on fire for some better visability, unfortunately for us they didnt light these, apparently they were for special occasions!!!



This is probally the funniest thing that I have seen while traveling.......Very Classy!! Anyone looking for a place to dine better check this out!!!



Will have some pics up from Sydney soon, I want to get the majority of the good pics together and do a posting all at once!!