Fiji: The Yasawa Islands
17.06.2009
56 °F
Once again, it has been a while since I’ve last written. I don’t know why I now find it so hard to sit down and write. Although I’ve been reading a lot lately, I feel as though my brain has been lazy since I’ve been done with school.
I’ve been back in Sydney for about 2 weeks from my trip to Fiji. Fiji was a success, and I have been mourning it since being back in rainy Sydney. My friend and I island hopped the Yasawa Islands for 7 days, and we stayed on the main island, Viti Levu for 3 days.
The Yasawa’s were idyllic. The water was crystal clear, the people were friendly and the majority of the days were sunny and warm. I had no complaints. We stayed on 5 islands in the Yasawa chain. Our first day island hopping we took a 5 hour boat ride from the main land to the most northern island, and then traveled south for the duration of the trip.
Most of the resorts we stayed at on the islands were very basic and catered to a younger backpacking crowd. I would have loved for all my boyfriends who have ever called me high maintenance to have seen me in Fiji. I went 10 days with no makeup, showered in stalls with no warm water, changed my clothes in the middle of fields and lived with only a couple hours of electricity a day. I went seven days without checking my email, and 10 days without using a phone. I am now hooked, and I want to move to Fiji, avoid life, and sit in a hammock everyday.
For anyone planning on visiting Fiji, I would recommend spending as little time in Nadi as possible. Most people fly into Nadi or Suva on the main island of Viti Levu. Nadi is a poor city, the main business district is crowded and polluted, and the beaches are trash ridden.
That’s all my brain can handle for now. It’s been raining in Sydney for the past 3 days. All is well for the most part. I have a couple new flat mates who are cool. Last weekend, I had a lovely boozy lunch at an up-market restaurant at Circular Quay with views of the opera house. Also saw the light show on the opera house last week, and had a drink at Opera Bar. It was definitely worthwhile venturing out in the cold to see the light display and enjoy the swanky atmosphere of the bar.
Craving Tim Tams. They are Australian chocolate covered wafer cookies that I believe have crack in them. Must resist, will need to wear bikini again in Thailand.
Hasta Luego---
