Fiji Part 4 – Village tour and Mud Pools.

 

Our final Day in Fiji, and we are a bit bored of sitting around under palm trees so we decided to take one more tour.

We had our own private tour guide who took us to Saunaka which is his local village.

They welcomed us with a kava ceremony at one of their homes,

Then we visited the school.

We then returned to Nadi for a market tour.

Our next stop was the Garden of the Sleeping Giant.

Which was the home of the actor Raymond Burr and houses his orchid collection.

And,,

Then to the hot mud pools!

I wasn’t too sure about this, but it was actually really interesting. The mud was warm, didn’t smell, and felt nice on the skin.

First you cover yourself with the mud then wait 10 minutes or so until it dries.

Then you get into a dam to wash it off. Then finally move into a hot spring pool to get it all out of your pores – lovely like a big bath.

Last stop was back to the village, where we were treated like guests of honour and given a traditional lunch of fish.

Well, that's it…… time to get ourselves home.

Fiji was really enjoyable, not sure its completely my favourite type of holiday. Much prefer art galleries and museums to  swimming and palm trees but its nice to try something different sometimes!

Fiji–Part 3 - Around Denarau Island

Hey;..if you want get around this

tours-isty  resort there is only one way!

THE BULA BUS!

Well….. part of the problem is that the meals in Fiji  are so expensive… I don’t know of it's because we last went to South Africa where meals were good quality and so cheap.. but it was s bit of a shock here,...

Much cheaper to go to the marina to get lunch or dinner .. and the little kids love going on the bus.. 

That's another thing,, there are so many young families here. with babies under 3 or 4  years.. Good grief when my babes were that age we took them to the caravan park in Forster..

Goodness , I sound like an oldie.

Fiji–Part 2–Whales Tale Cruise

Its Anzac day – so why not take a cruise on a sailing boat!

We organised a tour on the Whale Tale Schooner.

They took us to their own sandy island – and we attempted to snorkel,, but we failed, I’m too sore in the shoulder and Grahams too moustached…

(But that's okay,…anyway,it probably wouldn't have be comparable to the Cook Islands Honeymoon snorkelling)…

So we had a nice swim in the warm waters instead..

We  did have a nice lunch in their pavilion. Fish, Chicken and salad.

Most of he buildings on the island was blown away this year in Cyclone Winston. This is all new built, I hope our cost of the tour helps them a little

And then we did a little fishing in the dingy,which is a glass bottom fish finder boat.. Of course we caught nothing but it was fun to feed the fish!

Then, on the way home, hot and salty, it was fun on board, alcohol included in the tour!!!.

We had a anniversary cake along with the honeymooners and birthday people..

 

They sung to us… Beautiful Fiji!

Bula ! from Fiji

 

Graham and I are on holidays again…

This time its a week in Fiji. Its our wedding anniversary holiday!

I have never been to Fiji before and Graham was here briefly 30 years ago during a cruise.

We spent the first 2 nights in Nadi and then have 5 nights at the Sofitel resort on Denarau.

We have hats and lots of blockout and intend to have days where we do nothing but sit under the palm trees.

Its warm, about 30 degrees and the water is nice and warm too. We may even swim…