Bula!

Day 22 Christchurch (NZ) to Nadi (Fiji)

We decided to treat ourselves to a resort holiday on the way home from NZ to Melbourne. This was K's third trip to Fiji and M's first. 

It was an easy flight to Nadi, just a few hours, and we stayed in a hotel on a beach not far from the airport for an overnight stay before departing for the resort the next day.

Day 23 Nadi to Tokoriki

We had booked a boat trip from Port Denaru to Tokoriki Island where we were to spend four nights. We were taken by bus to the port, then boarded the boat for the two hour boat ride. On arrival we were checked into our small pool villa. Then we set about taking advantage of the all inclusive plan we'd booked by having lunch, then drinks, then drinks, then dinner, then drinks.

Day 24-26 Tokoriki

Not much to report really, the island is small and there are only two resorts, ours and the other one. 

K spent her days using the villa's small plunge pool, while M tried to keep active, exploring the resort, sneaking into the other resort to have a look, and walking up and across the island to the deserted beach on the other side.

We tried to take advantage of our all inclusive plan by having three meals a day, but for people like us who aren't really big eaters or drinkers it's not a realistic goal.

One evening we booked a table at a Fijian feast with singing and dancing, only to have a really big guy seated right between us and the dancers. Not to worry though, these sorts of things are never that interesting anyway, are they?

Day 27 Tokoriki to Nadi

Checkout day, so we packed our luggage and made our way to reception.

We were "treated" to a bunch of staff singing a few farewell songs, I find this sort of thing really cheesy and I'm sure the staff do too, but it's always surprising how into it some of the guests are (that's Americans for you I guess!).

It was back to the same hotel that we'd stayed at for our last night in Fiji, where K decided to recover from doing nothing for the last four days by swimming in a much bigger and nicer pool at a hotel that was a quarter of the price of the resort we'd been staying at.

Day 28 Nadi to Melbourne 

 

Not much to say really, we went to the airport, flew home in an aeroplane, collected our luggage, and caught an Uber home. The End.