Fiji

Went Fiji feeling slightly hung over but picked up a really good duty free deal on an all balcks shirt at the airport which is a really good shirt, fortunately a couple of the guys i got on wll with on the kiwi bus was also oing on the feejee exp on the same day and was on the same flight so i wasn't on my own

arrived in fiji and was wecomed with a bead necklace and a crazy kiwi expereince guy who didn't stop smiling - i don't know if i looked strange or whethe he was always like this but nonetheless he was pleasant enough and sorted me out for accomadation that night

the first night was cool, the place we stayed had the beach as its back and we spent the evening chilling on the beach watching a spectacular sunset with beers in hand on longers

the first day of the fiji bus was cool, went into nadi and had my first experience of kava when some guy randomly led me and my mate dow the road into his shop and then gave us kava (kava is a drink that is made from water and the roots of the pepper plant which makes you sleepy and has a sort of numbing effect on your mouth) the guys then gave me a gift which i ended up having to pay for - the fijians can be very good con artists but i din't spend much on it and got a cool shark tooth necklace, from there we went to a local fijian village and had another kava ceremony, the village is unlike anything i've seen before, the house are made of wood and war shelter type roofs and the whole village had either one or 2 tvs in it, i had to wear a sulu which is like a sarong in the village as well which is like a sarong which i thought was rather fetching

the afternoon was spent sandboarding and then in the eveing we went to our accomadation and met this guy who was known as crazy (and it definitely suited him!) had another kava ceremony (the fijians love their kava!) played volleyball in the pool and had crab racing where you sponsor a crab and if your crab wins you get the pot. the place itself was really nice and the accomadation was in the style of these funky wooden hut type things
(here's the website http://www.mangobayresortfiji.com/index.htm)

so much to tell about fiji and that's just the first day will continue working on my blog but got an interview as a PR job now so i'll be updating this shortly when i get chance