Bula to Fiji!! (part one - as my time on the computer is about to expire!)

Well we have finally begun our travel excursions! After eight months of working and saving those pennies, the ruck-sacks have been packed and the sun-hats are once again making an appearance! The flights were all v. smooth and ran to schedule and we safely arrived in our first destination; Fiji. Had a slightly worrying moment at Heathrow when we boarded with only three mins to spare before our plane was due to depart, but thankfully we just about made it! The queue for the extra security checks moved v. v slowly.

I think Liz, Sarah and I all managed to catch up on our dosage of films while on the plane. Watched 'An Education' (highly recommend!), 'The Blind Side (good - slightly dragged out) and about half of 'Up in the Air' (goodness knows why that ever had so many Oscar nominations - pure highlight was simply seeing the lovely George Clooney again!) Soooo...anyway there you have some obv. high quality advice from a true film expert - lol!! Slept most of the second flight after a v. exciting moment occured in L.A. In the queue for the security checks none other than John Travolta (Grease-Lightning!) walk right infront of us!! I love the fact as well that my normal slow observant self did not manage to let me down at this moment - despite the sudden lull in noise of the American accents (which seemed to be never voiced at a normal chatting level - lol!) and the bombardment of a huge security team, it was not until Liz pointed out that JT was standing infront of us that I noticed him!

So...we have arrived in Fiji and have managed to book some really nice accomodation. We arrived at 5.30am and it was already really hot. We are staying at a hostel that is right on a sandy beach with a refreshing little swimming pool. I have already tested the pool (no surprise there!) and its v. nice. Yesterday we went into the centre of Nadi to explore the town centre. It was a b-e-a...beautiful sunny day so my freckles have managed to flourish once again and the sun-cream is being regularly applied! We decided to take the Nadi bus into town which was an experience in itself.