Fiji

We arrived at Nadi Airport at 5am and didnt have a clue what we were doing so got dragged into a travel agents office where we were told we had to book this and buy that.We were having none of it so just booked a 21 day pass for the Yasawa Flyer (the only boat that goes around all the Yasawa Islands) and 1 night in a lodge at the top of the islands so we could work our way down.We later realized that we should've done as told as you can't just walk to another resort and book in,although it did work out ok in the end!This resort,Nabua Lodge, was pretty basic but a lot of fun,cheap and it had a wicked beach.The first night we met 2 English girls and drank a lot of booze and I eventually had a bit of fun with one of them in the sea and in the showers....a good start to Fji I thought!!!

We stayed there for 3 nights and really got into the spirit of things,it was the perfect acclimatization period to Fjian life and Fiji time (basically laze around and don't worry)!We learnt the local dance,the Bula dance that we are now awesome at,we started losing a lot of weight because of the good but set meal times and lack of junk food,and we got bitten a stupid amount of times by the mozzies!It was here that I really got into my hammock time and sleeping for most of the day,as well as waiting for meal times and the beat of the Fijian drum.I went fishing for the first time ever on the Blue Lagoon and I caught 2 fish,one of which the locals were pretty impressed with!From here we moved around the island to a better resort with a better beach but we kept in the spirit of things and danced every night with the locals and they loved us!It was here I introduced the fashion of jeans tucked into socks to prevent bites which went down a treat!We met 2 American girls on our 3rd and final night there and we drank their vodka and rum while playing drinking games,it was fun and they're studying in Oz so we're going to hook up with them again.Played touch rugby with some Fijian's one day and that was not a happy time,me and Greg were on one team with Pete on the other.Played 7s to start and I got a couple of tries,then we went to 15 full pitch and that was so tough and tiring,they were so quick,strong,nimble and they always kept the ball alive.Some of them were under 21/18 internationals and a lot of them knew/grew up with the new Fijian player at Saracens.I also played volleyball with the locals and got quite good,although I'm rubbish compared to them!On the day we left this resort a couple were getting married and it had been awful weather for the last few days so everyone had their fingers crossed...although I think it did eventually rain!

We had one night of luxury on the Waya island at the Octopus resort which was a proper holiday place.We had a buffet BBQ,you could play rock paper scissors with the bar for free beer and I came 2nd (somehow) in a Limbo competition with my unusual action!Met a couple of groups of English gap yearers and taught them how to drink and play many drinking games and so it turned into quite a heavy night!Met a girl who used to work in Haddenham and knew where I lived which was wierd and she was the one who won the limbo!Was pretty sad to check out because we were going back to a cheap place for 4 nights to balance the books!It was pretty basic here and it was made worse by a horrible beach and by the fact that it was raining and it continued to do so for our entire stay!Luckily we met 3 English girls from London; Scarlett, Eleanor and Grace who were fun and were staying there for 3 nights.This place came to be known as Camp Depression because of the weather,the insect bites and the terrible food!We played a lot of cards,chatted about crap for hours,moaned a lot and lost a fair bit of weight!The locals were good fun though and the bloke who pretty much ran it called Dee was good fun and we went night snorkelling with him which was class and did some dancing with him in the evenings!The girls left before our last night which felt like the fellowship had been broken but we only had 1 more night to endure,and this was made easier by the arrival of a hot Norwegian! On our final day we went on a mountain trek to get a view of the whole Yasawa Island...this was pretty tough but worth it and we got to eat fresh Fijian bananas!We left here and went back to the main land for a night so we could get some cash (as there were no ATMs on the smaller islands and not everywhere accepted card which we didn't know),wash our clothes which stank and were all wet, and so we could stock up on vodka for 5 nights on the party island of Beachcomber!Prices on the mainland are so cheap and we got a taxi to drive us to Maccy D's and wait for us and take us to get vodka etc for $15,about 4 quid!So far Fiji had been mental but now we just wanted to party for a few nights and eat some proper food!