We have added our 6th continent to our travels. Fiji greeted us with multiple people saying “welcome home!” In a way it did feel like a bit of a homecoming as we have been reminded of our time living in Guyana. This island in the South Pacific has a very familiar West Indies feel to it from the friendly people, the cuisine and the amazing weather.
We are currently staying in Nadi at a lovely hotel that has a pool and a tennis court. We brought our racquets and are getting in shape for the upcoming tennis season. We’ve also figured out the local bus system which has allowed us to check out a free football tournament complete with some delicious curries! There had been some rain leading up to the tournament so it was a bit of a slog through the mud.
The next day we headed back to the tournament and watched the finals, I believe team muddy won. The next stop was to the Hindu temple to pay our respects to Ganesh.
On day 3 we decided to make our way to the Sabeto Mud Pool & Hot Spring for our own mud bath. We ventured there the unconventional way. We took the local bus as close as we could get and hiked in. Luckily a local driver took pity on us, picked us up along the way and delivered us to our destination. When we arrived we were met by Buna, who directed the rest of our mud bath experience. She told us what to do, when to do it, and at times, what pace we were to do it at. She confiscated my phone and documented everything, no matter how cheesy. Note: Buna had about 5 phones in her hand at any given moment and would give orders to all the tourists, and somehow managed to use the right phone with the right people. It was very impressive. Behold! Buna’s vision…
Next we got a ride to the Garden of the Sleeping Giant, which was a couple of kilometres back down the road. This garden features many exotic plants and flowers including orchids. There was also a trek out to a lookout point which offered a panoramic view of the island.
We have a couple more days here before we ship off to a home-stay on the Yasawa Islands.
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