Bula! We're home from a fabulous extended weekend in Fiji. And the weather that greeted us when we got home around tea-time wasn't too much of a shock to the system!
It was our first-ever visit to Fiji, but it's definitely not going to be our last; we absolutely loved it. The weather was warm, the cocktails were icy-cold, and the people were wonderfully friendly and helpful.
OK; we went to the tourist zone (Denerau Island), and the drive there from Nadi Airport isn't exactly scenic. But to paraphrase Oscar Wilde, rumours of Fiji's demise have been greatly exaggerated. We read in the paper yesterday that in July this year Fiji topped 70,000 tourists in a month for the first time ever. The tourists are flocking there, and the money they are spending is providing thousands of jobs for Fijians; that has to be good for the local economy.
Visiting somewhere that's in the same time-zone as New Zealand is great too, and the New Zealand dollar goes quite a distance in Fiji. We've even become rather partial to Fiji Bitter!
The challenge will be getting up tomorrow morning and heading to work with enthusiasm for the day ahead, but a good night's sleep will do wonders. But politics and other mundane things will have to wait until tomorrow, when normal blogging will resume.
1 comments:
Fiji Bitter is without doubt the best beer in the world.
You made a good choice going to Denerau it is a beautiful spot.
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