Bluewater Lodge

Checked in to Bluewater Lodge, one of the hostels in Nadi, for CA$17 a night.

Went to the grocery store around the corner before it closed to grab some water and snacks. Was gonna eat at the Korean-Mexican restaurant above it, but it closed a half hour earlier than Google said :/ so I went to the restaurant in the Ramada, as it’s all hotels and resorts around here. Supposed to be a no cash restaurant but they let me pay in cash cause I wanted to use it up before I left Fiji. Got a very mediocre pizza for too much money, and took half of it back to the hostel only for it to be thrown out by someone :( I have bad luck with leftover half pizzas I guess lol

The next day, I woke up late after a relatively patchy sleep. The one other guy who was still in the room asked if I wanted to get food with him so I said sure! Interesting guy, from the UK. His name is Tristian and he’s 21 but just got selected as the new coach for Niue’s soccer team. He’s never coached an actual soccer team before but Niue (an overseas territory of NZ) is very small and they liked his suggested approach apparently! I don’t think it pays much if anything at all but he’s moving there after the summer.

We went to the Korean-Mexican place, it was alright but a bit expensive. I got nachos and dumplings lol.

I walked back to the hostel and spent the rest of the day chilling. Found a much cheaper place to eat at the Matasawa Resort. A nice FJ$5 lunch again haha. Chilled by the pool, went for a swim. Started reading The Alchemist, which was in the hostel’s free book shelf. I’m quite liking it. After walking down to the beach and getting caught in the pouring rain, I went back for a cheap fish and chips dinner and hunkered down for the night. As there were more people in the room, I switched beds to not be on the same bunk as someone only to find bedbugs all over the pillow as soon as I turned off the light. Thankfully the top bunk had no bed bugs so I moved beds again

Tomorrow I leave for Vanuatu! 🇻🇺

I really liked Fiji, especially Suva. Nice to see a local city, but still so multicultural. One of the few cities in the South Pacific where I haven’t felt out of place as a white person. And surprisingly the cheapest country of the trip so far!Read more