Kategorie: Fiji

@Deutsch Sprechende:

Dieser Blog werde ich nur auf English aufschalten. Ansonsten müsst ihr noch ewig darauf warten. Bin aber sicher ihr kommt mit meinem einfachen Englisch zurecht.

@English Speakers: On the 15th of December I went only with my small back bag and my camera to the airport in Auckland. My big one was locked in the YHA Hostel in Auckland. My flight to Nadi was at 2 pm. I was looking forward to a week in Fiji where I planned to do Island hopping with Awesome Adventures for 6 days. At the airport I had enough time to eat something and buy the Lonely Planet from Fiji and the book ‚Welcome to Paradise, Going to Hell‘. It is about surfing qnd surfers at the North Shore. At the gate I started to read…and I stopped only for taking pictures while take off, eating my chickenburger and taking pictures while landing in the plane. The book was amazing interesting. After the fast custom to enter Fiji I was reading again while waiting for my bag back. After the luggage scan and the ATM stop, I went to the pick up person from the Bamboo Hostel. As we arrived at the Hostel I couldn’t believe what I saw. The Hostel was directly at the beach. I made the registration in the 16 mixed bed dorm changed clothes (it was > 30°C) and went down to the bar at the beach. Until sunset I read in my book, then I ordered my beer and dinner and sat to some other peoples. So I met Ben (US), Claire (UK) and Henry (UK). We ate dinner together and spent some time with Henry until we went to our first Kawa Ceremony. We both didn’t have any idea whats going on and we did what the others tell us to do. A few bowls Kawa and songs later I went for a night walk at the beach, before i went to bed. I slept like a baby until my alarm rang. I was surprised because I didn’t expect that in a 16 bed dorm. At this moment I didn’t know it was because of the Kawa. I checked out and went to the corner where the Awesome Adventures Coach should pick me up. It was the first time I realized what Fiji Time means. Everything is a little bit slower and lazy in Fiji. With 15 minutes delay the coach arrived and we drove to the port Denerau. There I had to fix my booking for the Island Hopping. Unfortunately my Credit Card didn’t work anymore because I was on the limit and the money which Dad but on my Card didn’t arrive yet, because it was Sunday in Switzerland.  So I couldn’t start my islands trip. I went back to the hostel, spoke with a staff there which said i should first eat breakfast and then think about what i will do now. I followed his advice. While i was sitting lazy and shirty around, Henry gave me accompany. He was wondering what I did back in the Hostel and I told him the whole story. After we figured out what he will do the next day and what i am going to do. I booked again a night in the Hostel in the 12 bed female dorm and we went for a walk a long the beach until we couldn’t get further. Back by the Hostel we ate lunch. Then we started to the other direction until we couldn’t get further. Back in the hostel I went for a shower and lied in the hammock while read in my book. After a few more capture i went to the front to Henry and we ate dinner together. After chatting and watching the fire show from the hostel staff i went to bed. The next morning startet like the last one… at the port I went again to the check in and…my credit card worked. I was very happy – my trip to the beautiful islands could start. So i bought my breakfast (biscuits and orange juice) and went on the top from the catamaran.  After 30 minutes drive we arrived on the first island – the smallest of all. It looked beautiful. After around five hours drive and many more nice islands we arrived at the south end were i had to leave the boat. I closed my book and went down to dis empacking and board the small boat which brought me to the Nabua Lodge on the next island. Arrived on the island we had to walk trough the water on the beach to the lodge, where we get lunch. After lunch we went in the dorm and changed for the snorkeling tour to Blue Lagoon. Unfortunately is this reef quiet bad destroyed from all the boats and tourists. Back on our island I lied in the hammock and read the last captures from my book. After dinner and some dance lessons with the staff, we had a Kawa night. But this time with the whole ritual and some information about Kawa. Since then I know why I slept so well after my first Kawa evening. The next day started with the well known cave tour. We had an around 45 minutes bumpy boat ride to the caves. In the caves we could snorkel, climb around and the highlight dive in the other caves. It was scary to dive to the dark, if you don’t know how long to hold the breath and whats on the other end from the tunnel. But I survived and ended up in a other dark cave which was bigger than the first one. With a guide we snorkeled around and explored this cave. The dive back to the light was much easier. The afternoon I spent in the hammock until it started raining. Then we went to a little tea house nearby. In the evening we had a delicious barbecue and a Kawa evening again. The next morning was a lazy one, because it was raining and you can do nothing on these islands if the weather is like that. After lunch I had to leave to my next island stop. After I said Goodbye to all the Germans (8 on the first day, 6 on the second one) we went with the small boat to the big catamaran. With the usual delay (Fiji time 🙂 ) we drove south. On the ?? island i had to hop off in the small boat again to the lodge White Sandy Beach. I met a German couple (Jan & Fabienne) in the boat and a Dutch guy (Frank) at the lodge. The afternoon I spent with Fabienne chatting. The rainy evening we spent with beer, Bounty and Vodka chatting in the dark (after 10 pm there was no electricity). The next morning we spent with playing cards because it was raining again. After lunch I went snorkeling along the reef with Frank. It was a long distance we had to swim back until the beach. Good work out for me 🙂 In the late afternoon Leila and Jordi (in Australia living spainish guys) arrived. This afternoon I spent chatting first with Fabienne then with Leila. While dinner the staff told us, that there is no electricity because of a problem with the generator (they forget to fill up the fuel) and so there is also no water. So we couldnt wash our hands, couldnt shower and couldnt flush the toilet. For the first to points there was the ocean, for the third point…close the TOP. After the boys went to the resort nearby for buy Bounty and beer (our lodge ran also out of these two relevant things) we sat in the dark while chatting and waiting for the barn fire the staff said they will light up. An hour later we decided to go to the other resort because the staff wont make a barn fire and we wouldn’t sit in the dark the whole evening. In the other resort we were nearly the only ones. We had so much fun. A few hours later we went back to sleep. The next morning was hard for a few peoples 🙂 I spent the morning in the hammock reading and making neck less with the staff. At noon Frank left and after lunch Fabienne, Jan and I had to leave. We went with the small boat to the catamaran, which was late again, which drove south. After 3 to 4 hours on the catamaran chatting with Fabienne and playing with a little girl, I had to say Goodbye to the Couple and hop off on South Sea Island (the smallest one). There I went for a swim before dinner. After dinner I spent the time with the others on the island chatting. The next morning I walked around the island (10 minutes) and then I left for the Sea Spray Sailing Tour. We went with a sailing boat to the next island which is well known from the movie Cast Away. It was amazing.  I went snorkeling and wandered around the white beach with the amazing blue ocean in front. After a barbecue lunch on board we went to the island nearby to see the village. Then we drove back. It was an amazing day on the boat. After we left the Sea Spray I had to leave directly to mainland with the catamaran. The days lying in the hammock, reading, snorkeling and chatting on the islands was over. At the port Denerau I met Chris and Dom (Germans I met in the Nabua Lodge) again and I took them to the Bamboo Hostel, what we arranged when I left them on the Nabua Lodge. There I met Ben again which was a big surprise, because I thought he already left back home. He spent the rest of his time until he had to leave with us. I ate dinner with the Germans and spent the evening chatting with them. We went to bed early and so I had to say Goodbye again. The next morning I went to the airport in Nadi and flew back to Auckland. After 8 days back in civilization with (warm) showers, durable electricity, network and WiFi. How amazing can that be 🙂