Well, what can I say about Fiji, it was the best holiday we have ever had. The best part of the holiday was the 3 night, 4 day cruise, we were taken to many little island in the yasawa group, we visited an isolated traditonal Fiji village, which was in stark contrast to the way we live. Extremely basic, but the villages made the most of it, and were the happiest people you could image, cheerful, friendly, and eager to please. Our last day full day on the cruise we spent at a private island, swimming, snorkeling, relaxing in hammocks, jumping off the back of the boat, the evening meal was a tradiontal lovo meal, (underground BBQ), the meat was so tender and the moist, the most amazing I have tasted. We had an evening concert and dancing, it really was the best day of our lives.
After four days we arrived back at the Hotel we were staying at, The Westin,
http://www.starwoodhotels.com/westin/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=202&EM=WI_WESTINFIJI.COM_202
We have never stayed anywhere so up market, the service was spot on, they have special beds at the Westin, invision a soft fluffy cloud, now invision sleeping on that cloud, that is what these beds were like.
We did a couple of days trips, one was to Treasure Island, a 40min boat trip to an outer island. It is surrounded by the marine reserve, and the snorkeling here was fantastic, Warren finally gave it a go, and became as addicted as me to snorkeling. The fish and the coral were the most amazing colours, the photographs I took, really do not show the true colours we saw.
The other day trip was a hinterland cave tour, it is a physically challenging trip and by the end of it I was buggered and could not move. I would not recommend this for unfit people. Getting to the cave and exploring it, was well worth it in the end. We also road a traditional canoe, called a billibilli. We travel down the river on this canoe, and it really was a beautiful experience.
Other then that we just sat around the pool or the beach at the Westin, reading and swimming. It was a sad day when we left, and we just wished it had been longer.
