After over 24 hours of flying we finally landed in Nadi,
Fiji this morning! We landed at
about 6am local time with a little rain coming down but it soon cleared up and
turned into a beautiful day. We
got all checked in, had a few “green coconuts” from Bobby the coconut peddler
for breakfast and stored our luggage until we could get into our room. Maybe it shouldn’t be surprising to me
but I was impressed by the amount of people we have met who are traveling and
vacationing like this alone, trekking and flying from hostel to hostel all
across the world. Getting to know
a few of these people so far has been fun!
Carolyn and I took a cheap taxi ride to downtown Nadi to
check out the city. It was full of
neat shops and little markets full of wooden masks, Fijian war axes, and other
carvings and arts of the native Fijians.
We enjoyed walking around through the shops, getting lunch at a Japanese
restaurant, touring an active Hindu temple (Which Carolyn had to get all
dressed up for – no shorts or tank tops allowed for women), and walking though
an open air farmer style market to pick up some fresh mini pineapples and some
strange beet looking root to cook for dinner. It was a fun day, and its only noon! No big plans for tonight although we
are starting to get some plans in order for the next couple days, renting a
truck and touring around the island by way of both main roads and 4x4 style
trails. Checking out some small
villages, the capital city of Suva, sacred sand dunes, and even the remnants of
a camp/dining area and oven that was used for cannibalistic rituals a VERY long
time ago! The forks they used are
quite terrifying if you ask me…
Its 80 plus and sunny here, I can safely assume the weather
in Michigan is a touch cooler, although Carolyn and I are bummed we will be
missing the skiing and ice climbing season! Enough for this post, hopefully Carolyn will get on here and
write the next one!
Until next time,
Luke and Carolyn
