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  • Sonia GelmanAustralia and NZ 2024
    Day 20

    Suva, Fiji

    January 22, 2024 in Fiji ⋅ ☁️ 82 °F

    We have been in Suva in 2017, so we decided to take a short, 4 hours tour today. The weather forecast was rain and more rain, but when we docked it was sunny and really warm.
    The big tour bus was very comfortable and practically empty. Upon entering bus, we were presented with Fiji water.
    First stop was just an overlook with our ship .
    Our second stop was produce market. Huge area with all kind of fruit and veggies. The prices are very low.
    We then passed a government building. In 2017 we stopped and walked around. Now it’s not permitted. We took a photo of the guard from the bus.
    The next stop was Fiji museum. Located in the heart of Suva’s Thurston Gardens, the Fiji Museum holds a remarkable collection, which includes archaeological material dating back 3,700 years and cultural objects representing both Fiji’s indigenous inhabitants and the other communities that have settled in the island group over the past 200 years.
    We stopped at the restaurant for light lunch and then the last stop was shopping mall (unnecessary stop).
    Back on the ship, we rested, took shower and tried our skills in origami.    Read more

  • TravelerSouth Pacific Solo Travel
    Day 44

    Cinema & McDonalds

    December 14, 2023 in Fiji ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C

    To finish off the afternoon I treated myself to a sit down in an air conditioned room at the cinema! I watched Godzilla Minus One which was highly enjoyable and cost just $7.50FJD (£2.82). The entire film was in Japanese but thankfully had English subtitles otherwise I'd have been in trouble. I then headed just down the road to McDonalds for 10 chicken nuggets and a large chips as a rare taste of home!Read more

  • TravelerSouth Pacific Solo Travel
    Day 43

    Thurstaston Gardens

    December 13, 2023 in Fiji ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C

    It seems to be some sort of graduation day today so the gardens were flooding with graduates having their pictures taking. The trees to the gardens were also flooded with hundreds of huge bats hanging from the top branches!Read more

  • TravelerTrip Around the World
    1
    Day 13

    Fiji

    October 22, 2023 in Fiji ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

    Fiji was beautiful but not quite what we expected! The island was gorgeous but it was a significant drive from port to any of the activities. We chose to do a day at a resort to be able to experience the Fiji waters. The resort was like out of a postcard and it would be beautiful to stay on a property like that, but to get around the island and do anything else was hard.

    At the resort we swam and had a traditional Fijian lunch. Then after words it was time to head back to port. One of the interesting things about Fiji is we saw all 3 prisons and they have a program where when you get out of jail they give you a plot of land to help start your life afterwards.

    Overall while we enjoyed Fiji it isn’t necessarily somewhere that is on a must hit again list for me. It was beautiful and amazing, but the travel time from the US is so long and i think there are many other areas to go and see in this region of the world.    Read more

  • TravelerSouth Pacific & Asia
    Day 48

    First Day in Suva

    March 8 in Fiji ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C

    Marla and Brian took me into town to explore a bit! We caught a taxi in, only FJ$6 from their place to downtown!
    First explored the market, where there’s so many vendors selling fresh produce, and upstairs lots of kava root vendors. Then we went to the ‘Suva Flea Market’ which is not really a flea market but a building with textile vendors, lots of weaving and masi mats which are made from the inner bark of the paper mulberry tree. Sat down to have a nice fresh juice at a cafe, and chatted. A guy came up to us saying he was from Toronto, and looking for things to do in Suva and places to stay, but he had very strange vibes haha.

    Marla and Brian went to go do their grocery shopping and I headed over to the mall to meet up with Lupe’s daughter, Olive (pronounced oh-leev-eh). Olive is going to school here in Suva so I brought some of her stuff over for Lupe.
    Olive and her friend from school had to do some grocery shopping, as did I, so we walked around the market together! I bought some passion fruit and guava and bread, all at very good prices! The bag of small guavas was only FJ$1, like CA60¢! Fiji is definitely the cheapest country I’ve been to so far. We then went to the supermarket where I bought most of my groceries for the week, and taxied back, stopping at the Dunn’s place on the way so I could give Olive the stuff I brought over for her! Nice to meet her, and explore the town together:)

    A nice chill night, with the first of many spaghetti and hotdog dinners lol    Read more

  • Giro del mondo 2024-2025
    1
    Day 61

    Suva

    February 9 in Fiji ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C

    Professoressa, lo so, i romani usavano dire "repetita iuvant". Io, che ho fatto l'università della strada, non posso che appellarmi al detto di Piero Focaccia, quello che cantava "... per quest' anno, non cambiare, stessa spiaggia stesso mare...". La questione è che noi alle Figi ci eravamo già stati ed era inevitabile che alla richiesta "Ci porti sulla spiaggia più belle di Figi", il tassista ci portasse in quella già vista un nel 2023 con la crociera intorno al mondo della MSC. Sarà che siamo brutti, sporchi e cattivi e non siamo in grado di fare citazioni latine, sta di fatto che al primo resort ci hanno rifiutati. L'autista ci ha quindi portato a quello vicino, nel quale era prevista una tassa d'ingresso. Apriti cielo: avendo avuto un registratore o un taccuino avremmo poturo imparare le imprecazioni in tutte le lingue del mondo, tanto si erano alterati gli occupanti del nostro van nei confronti di autista ed accompagnatore.
    Calmate le acque e messe in campo le abilità del nostro ministro del commercio estero Fabio, abbiamo spuntato un dimezzamento del prezzo richiesto. La spiaggia era proprio quella del 2023, bella da vedere ma con un mare che non ci ha regalato l'azzurro che speravamo.
    Piccola notazione: Piero Focaccia, cambia musica, per noi le visite alle Isole Figi finiscono qui!    Read more

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  • Einmal um die Südhalbkugel
    1
    Day 66

    Suva, Fidschi Inseln

    February 9 in Fiji ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C

    Suva ist seit 1877 die Hauptstadt der Fidschis und hat etwa 90.000 Einwohner. Im antiken Stadtteil von Suva befinden sich die Sehenswürdigkeiten , wie das Fiji Museum und sehr schöne Parkanlagen.
    Da wir einen Ausflug gebucht haben, wird uns für die Hauptstadt keine Zeit zur Besichtigung bleiben.

    Die Perle der Fidschis :
    Mit dem Langboot geht es in den tropischen Regenwald,durch Schluchten bis zum Wasserfall.
    In einem authentischen Dorf erleben wir eine Kava Zeremonie, bei der wir traditionell Unterhalten wurden.

    Wir können , im Magic Waterfall, dem größten der Insel, schwimmen.
    Wichtigste Stationen
    Juwelen des Fidschi-Wasserfalls
    Raiwaga-Dorf
    Kawa-Zeremonie
    Typisches Mittagessen

    Unser Ausflug war super.
    Mit dem Boot ging es in in den Dschungel. Hier konnten wir unterhalb des Wasserfalls Baden und Schwimmen.
    Im Dorf , gegründet von einem Englischen Missionar, lebt eine Familie in der 8. Generation .
    Wir konnten an der Kawa Zeremonie teilnehmen und erhielten vorher Verhaltensregeln:
    Hütte nur barfuß und ohne Kopfbedeckung betreten ;
    Es sind keine kurzen Hosen oder Röcke erwünscht, Saron umbinden;
    Kawa erhält man von einem Dorfbewohner in einer Kokosnuss Schale, vor dem Trinken muss man 1x in die Hände klatschen und dann trinken und zum Schluss 3x in die Hände klatschen.    Read more

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  • Traveler24/25 Beyond AUS
    Day 100

    Suva, Fiji

    January 7 in Fiji ⋅ 🌧 27 °C

    Suva, largest city in South Pacific. We had a tour to be remembered… a spin around the city with a stop at the State house where the President lives. Not allowed in but had a photo with the guard. We then enjoyed a visit to a local village where Tanya and Kath were blessed by the locals. The village housed about 200 people and they are called to church on Sunday by a traditional drum. We drove to the rain forest where we were going to hike to the waterfall, but Mother Nature sent too much rain and the dirt road became dangerous with traffic going both ways including large tour buses. Crazy time trying to get up the road and too treacherous to hike. What a day!Read more

  • Peter BlochFiji
    Day 20

    Suva

    February 2, 2024 in Fiji ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C

    Der Ausblick vom Balkon hat sich heute geändert. Ein 15stöckiges Hochhaus war über Nacht entstanden. Weiß mit vielen Balkonen. Die Island Princess mit 2000 Passagieren war im Hafen eingelaufen. Unser Programm war heute Karten zur Post bringen und ein Vorhängeschloss kaufen. Vor dem Hotel liefen auffällig viele hellhäutige Menschen herum. Viele selbst ernannte Fremdenführer boten ihre Dienste an, was wir so bisher noch nicht erlebt hatten. Nachdem wir die Post gefunden hatten gingen wir zum Hafen. Auf dem Weg begegnete uns eine Amerikanerin die auf der Suche nach einem Supermarkt war. Sie wollte Getränke kaufen da die doch auf dem Schiff sehr teuer waren. Außerdem erfuhren wir das ihre Reiseroute geändert wurde da der Suezkanal von Kreuzfahrtschiffen nicht mehr befahren wird. Wir haben dann auf dem Markt noch Bananen gekauft, das Vorhängeschloss besorgt und und ein Mittagessen geteilt. Abends haben wir auf einem fest verankerten Schiff gegessen. Für mich gab es Surf and Sand, gebratenen Fisch und lobster, Marianne aß nur Fisch. Alles zusammen mit Salat buffet und 2 Gläsern chardonnay für 80€. Gut war es.Read more

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