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Fiji – Trouble in Paradise?

Wed, 8 Nov 2006 | By safetyhub | Views [1669]

The political and security situation in Fiji is currently unstable. The relationship between the country’s civilian government and its military has deteriorated to the point that there are now fears of a military coup. The head of the army, Chief Commodore ... Read more >

Tags: travel safety, fiji, red24

Likuri Island

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 | By chitlin5 | Views [1351]

This is where we plan to let ourselves melt into travel mode. Not exactly your budget backpacker travel, but a way to disengage nonetheless. Likuri Island off the western coast of Viti Levu. A beautiful island with an all inclusive backpacker resort.... Read more >

Tags: Relaxation

Tien dagen 'honeymoonen' op Fiji

Tue, 20 May 2008 | By bramgies | Views [1033]

http://www.flickr.com/bramgies <-- voor al onze panorama's Inmiddels zijn wij al 8 dagen in Los Angeles en lijkt Fiji alweer een maand geleden. Gelukkig houden wij in een agenda bij wat we elke dag doen anders zouden we de helft alweer zijn ... Read more >

Fiji – Octopus Resort

Sat, 15 Sep 2007 | By em-and-andy | Views [753]

Bula everyone. The only word we can think off is ‘ WOW ’ to even start describing this place. What an amazing part of the world, soft white sand 5 mtr’s outside the ‘Bure’ (traditional Fijian accommodation) which leads into the most amazing ... Read more >

Tags: Relaxation

Fiji

Tue, 30 Jan 2007 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [732]

            I’ll now tell you about my only day in the magical, tropical Fiji Islands. The plane landed at 5:30 and it was barely light out. The sunrise was so beautiful; I wish I could have run out and got a photo of it. I got off the plane and ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Bula! from Fiji (and NZ)

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 | By george | Views [683] | Comments [3]

I hadn't planned to go to Fiji after Australia, but when Mum and Dad decided to go there with my sister Julia and family for a holiday, a 'free' week in the sun sounded like a great idea.    I got there a week before them, and was quite pleased ... Read more >

Tags: fiji, new zealand, cruise, yasawas

Was that just a mozzie bite?

Thu, 8 May 2008 | By true-claims-stories | Views [535]

I have had hundreds of mosquito bites before, but this one was different. I had recently arrived in Fiji when I noticed quite a few mosquito bites on my legs — but one was very red and painful. Throughout the day it turned a deeper red and became swollen, ... Read more >

Tags: claim, world nomads, medical, fiji, hospitals & health, true claim stories, spider, mozzie

Fab, fantastic,flipping hot Fiji

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 | By fozzy | Views [517] | Comments [5]

Hi Guys What can I say! Fiji is so beautiful! I love it, have been fantasising about opening a B&B!! Even though it is amazingly humid and not without annoying insects and frogs! Can you believe I removed a cockroach like insect from my bed screen ... Read more >

Tags: People

Mana Island, FIJI

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 | By kmccabe | Views [515]

So, after a long time of not entering anything here....I will try to put together where/what I've been doing since LA. Here is the fiji section of my life! I left LA on Sunday night, exhausted and mildly jetlagged, but mostly from the great tour Maytal ... Read more >

Tags: Beaches & sunshine

Lost Baggage and Cyclones in Fiji, Oh My

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 | By theunit | Views [508] | Comments [2]

So we arrived in Fiji after a 20 hour day that was actually not as bad as it could have been.  Amber and I slept for about 6 of the 10 hours across the pacific.  We arrived to a hot and humid Fiji morning and were amped about heading out to the islands ... Read more >

Tags: Misadventures

My new postal address...

Sat, 9 Aug 2008 | By sl0ggs | Views [500] | Comments [1]

[Postal address at the bottom of this blog! ;)] So, here I am, on Vorovoro, thousands of miles away from home and from most people I know. My family is growing by the week and I am calling this home. When we pass around the headland coming home from ... Read more >

Tags: life!

Living on "Fiji Time"

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 | By erin_and_pete | Views [478] | Comments [2]

About 10 days into our Fiji experience and we have actually found it difficult to adjust to the laid back lifestyle, where time passes slowly and watching a sunset is the only way you know a day has passed.  Here are a few of the highlights so far...... Read more >

FIJI

Sat, 17 Mar 2007 | By sophie_991 | Views [476]

BULA!! That means hello/cheers/welcome is Fijian.. and you say it to everyone you pass. Had an amzing ten days in Fiji, I could have stayed there forever, it was like paradise, and all the fijians were so friendly and happy, always smiling and wanting ... Read more >

Tags: Beaches & sunshine

Life on Vorovoro...

Wed, 9 Jul 2008 | By sl0ggs | Views [414] | Comments [1]

I woke up early on Saturday the 5th of July after a better nights sleep and met up with a chap I met the night before who was taking the same flight as me to Labasa to share a taxi (a mercedes saloon, which the driver managed to fit Dales surf &... Read more >

Tags: life!, beaches & sunshine, the great outdoors

Cook Islands and our first impressions of Fiji...

Mon, 2 Jan 2006 | By tjwhale | Views [403] | Comments [2]

Hello again, Well...Julia left us off just before we spent our day with Jen and Andrew!  WOW...first, it was amazing seeing friends from home, reminding us how lucky we are to have friends that we love to be with so much.  The boat they were on was ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Bula bula!

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 | By h_s33 | Views [396]

I am in love with Fiji. It is quite possibly the friendliest and most beautiful place in the world. The locals are happy to talk for hours about life in Fiji and the Fijian's we met of our own age had a thousand questions for us about life in England ... Read more >

Tags: Relaxation

short time in fiji

Sat, 3 Nov 2007 | By chitlin5 | Views [386] | Comments [2]

Sooooo, we have discovered that we are not quite the journal keepers!! so sorry to everyone that has been keeping up with us. We will try to update you as much as possible about what we've been up to so far.... Fiji- we arrived in fiji in the early ... Read more >

Tags: Relaxation

Happy days... but tears today.

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 | By sl0ggs | Views [362] | Comments [5]

Life is good. I sit on the beach, surrounded by friends most days wondering how I can keep this thing going... everyday is good. But today I received the news I'd dreaded for some months. One of my best friends died this week, and a big part of me is ... Read more >

Tribewanted Meke to ~1000 people!!!

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 | By sl0ggs | Views [360]

On the 14th of August 2008 Vorovoro was left empty* as the entire tribe made the trip to the All Saints Secondary School after being invited to meke for the crowd at the Cadets passing out parade. The day began with an early breakfast at 6:30 and after ... Read more >

Tribewanted's Virgin Footsteps, a Trek in Vanua Levu

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 | By sl0ggs | Views [357]

On Friday the 22nd of August 2008 a group of tribe members and a certain mister Ben Keene left Vorovoro for a mini-adventure, trekking into the interior of the northern Fijian mainland island of Vanua Levu. We didn't just decide we'd go and do this ... Read more >

Bula!

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 | By theunit | Views [356] | Comments [3]

BULA loved ones!  Bula is the greeting in Fiji, which means "cheers" or literally "life".  I said it with gusto from day one. I know Jerad wrote about our visit to Fiji, I just wanted to throw in a detail or two.  Yes, the airline ... Read more >

Tags: Friends

Alle Isole Fiji

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 | By auaround | Views [344] | Comments [7]

Ciao a tutti! Siamo ancora alle Fiji ma domani voleremo a S. Francisco e cosi' cambieremo continente, recupereremo quasi un giorno di fuso orario e ci prepareremo a lasciare l'inglese per passare allo spagnolo del centro America. Qua alle Fiji ci siamo ... Read more >

My second week as chief on Vorovoro, for Tribewanted

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 | By sl0ggs | Views [342]

This week started off with another visit to the doctors for me, which was a bit of a waste of a day on Vorovoro  personally, but better news with the ear canal looking better. It's so hard to keep from swimming and snorkeling in the beautiful waters ... Read more >

Tribewanted's 2nd Birthday!

Tue, 2 Sep 2008 | By sl0ggs | Views [341]

What a day! Tuesday the 2nd of September 2008 was the 2nd birthday of Tribewanted on Vorovoro , and the preparations and subsequent celebrations were fitting to say the least! We also recieved a wonderful news from Tui Mali in what was his first English ... Read more >

Big Decisions

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 | By sl0ggs | Views [328] | Comments [1]

This year I've been looking for somewhere that would leave a big impression on me, and somewhere I could maybe stay for a while longer than my original itinerary was fixed for. I've found it. The traveling thing, in a traditional sense is great, and ... Read more >

Tags: life!


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