11 Sept Slept in a bit today (10am) as I was used to 6am starts throughout most of Oz. Went into the town where my Guesthouse is (Nadi) with a couple of English lads I met. Although its not the capital it was not up to much, a bit of a dump really. I went into this shop to buy water and it was all caged in and all the houses have big metal fences around them. Had a walk around and went back to the hotel for a siesta, lunch, played pool and watched a movie. Booked my ticket to the Yasawas islands onboard a 7 days cruise.
12 Sept Headed off this morning at 8am on the Yasawas flyer, a high speed Catamaran to the Yasawas islands (YI). The YI are an Archipelago of beautiful islands with the stereotypical turquoise waters and coral beaches. I met a few people on the boat including a lad from Clifden (Fergus Foyle) and should be good craic. Later we arrived at Tavewa island for our 1st and 2nd night. We had lunch & I booked in to do an introductory scuba dive. The intro dive cost E70 and was a 90 minute instruction which involved a dive to 6 metres. It was amazing to dive for the first time. All my life I was only ever underwater for a few seconds holding my breath or on the surface with a mask and snorkel. Here we were sitting in another world on the sea bed looking at fish, coral , shells and other mad looking sea creatures. It was wierd, scary and exhilarating at the same time. Later that night we had a buffet dinner with traditional Fijian music and beer.
13 Sept I decided to go ahead and do the Open Water Dive course, which upon completion a graduate can dive without the assistance of an instructor. It cost E250 and involved 3 more dives and an exam. I did 2 dives today and saw and touched loads of sea creatures.
14 Sept Did another dive today, did my exam and passed!! hooray! I left the island today and boarded another boat, the Wanatki for an overnight stay on board. We were fed and entertained by the crew and introduced to 'Kava' a non alcoholic traditional fijian drink, with certain hallucanogenic effects reported. None for me but I slept like a log that night.
15 Sept Were transported to Kuata island today. Its a small fun place, a real tropical village like something out of a Lilt or Malibu ad. Had more Kava, traditional music & fire dancing.
16 Sept Spend most of the day relaxing, reading and went on a hike to the top of the island to watch the sunset which was good but a few clouds on the horizon made a bags of that.
17 Sept Left Kuata today and headed to South Seas Island (SSI). SSI is the smallest inhabited island in Figi and is like something out of a desert island movie. I walked completely around the island in 6 minutes! Did some kayaking, but mostly read and chatted to other residents.
18 Sept Left SSI today and headed back to the mainland. We checked into the same resort aagin with my new crew but most were heading off in all directions the following day.
19 Sept Got may hair cut today to it shortest length ever (1mm). A No.1 all round, I liked it but not a O'Donnellan and Joyce cut methinks. I booked my Figi experience tour around the main island, leaving tomorrow. Its a hop on hop off bus that allows you the tour guide info and interesting sights along the way but get off when you like for a few days and hop on the next bus.
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