Bula Fiji time!

I flew to Fiji on the 6th and left there yesterday (or this morning as I crossed the date line) Fiji was really warm and very nice. After getting an invite to stay with a sleazy night security guard in his house with his mum for a week I headed to one of the smaller islands early the next morn. I didn't have time for a proper breakfast that day so I had a packet of skittles. ;-S yeuk!

Incidentally 'Bula' in Fijian for hello, and 'vinaka' is thank you. There that's all I know of Fijian.

The island I stayed on was Naviti island, part of the Yasawas group of islands. The resort was Korovou. The first 4 or 5 days I really have no interesting news as I got up around 6ish had breakfast after the meal drum was rolled, slept on the beach or in a hammock - occasionally getting up for a meal, and then would be in bed for about 8.30 - 9pm. So I had a very relaxing time. My energetic days were not much better; 3 hours walking and resting around a village, doing a 10min herbal medicine tour, 15 mins of coconut husking and that would be about it. I did however sit up later those last 2 nights - once to watch the stars and talk to a guy, Mark, about God knows what rubbish, and another once the nightly activities stopped to join the locals (secretly) and have some cava (a non-alcoholic numbing drink - it numbs your tongue, head and lips) which doesn't taste particularly nice. I did go to the Gospel church on Sunday though and after the nice songs to which we all swayed and clapped we got shouted at for being blind, down and whatever else - the preacher was funny to watch even if just a tad over-bearing. the island had no phone (only a radio phone which the manager used), no internet and no real shops and a very limited bar. That's why this is the first instalment in over a week.

So before I left Fiji I styaed a 2nd night in the Nomads Skylodge hostel on the mainland and town Nadi (pronounced Nandi). The flight to LAX (LA's common known airport terminal name) took 10 hours and left at 10pm on sat night we arrived in LA at 1.30 pm on sat afternoon and as I never slept on the plane but got crushed up in a very non-spacious Air Pacific flight 747 I'm really tired now as it's my 2nd time today getting to 9pm.