Fiji!

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