Fiji (part two...I am finally going to write this thing!!)

...Fiji does not really have designated bus stops and buses often run quite late (as its Fiji time - something we got told regularly!). Instead the bus just stops wherever someone calls to go on it and the buses have no windows, so often you have branches of trees just swinging inside it - have to remain vigilant for such occasions!

My favourite day in Fiji was when we decided to go for a boat trip to another much smaller island that was called 'Castaway'. This island is next to another island where the Tom Hanks film 'Castaway' was set (I wonder where they got the film title from - lol!). 'Castaway Island' was described in out travel book as a setting that was 'just short of paradise'...and it did not fail to live up to these expectations! It was simply stunning. We were greeted onto the island by an encore of Fijian singers and guitar players, all full of smiles & Bulas! For the day we sunbathed while lying in hammocks that were on the beach...although we did have one hilarious moment when Liz got into a hammock and just fell straight out the other side! Sarah & I were obv. totally sympathetic...once we managed to regain some sort of composure after laughing so hard. Sorry Liz! While we were sunbathing Sarah & I also tried to challenge our brains when completing some of Sarah's quizzes. We had a v. proud moment when we managed to work out how many squares there are on a chess board...I knew that Brownie chess badge would come in handy one day - lol!! In the afternoon we were slightly more adventurous and headed out on some kayaks which was lovely and then before we knew it, it was time to leave. We were waved off the island with a more solemn tune from our earlier encore of singers, and made it back to Nadi where we then got our stuff all ready to begin our N. Zealand adventures the next day!