BULA!!!

Bula everybody (hello in Fijian!!)

Wow what an amazing two weeks. We are now safely in Auckland and slowly getting used to 'real' life again. Two weeks without internet, phones or any form of communication really was great, no watch, no shoes, it really was paradise.

The flight from San Fran to Fiji was the longest we will have to do, but air new zealand were amazing!! I even ate all of the food, a constant supply of new zealand wine for dinner and bubbly for breakfast, why not hey!!

Nadi, on the main island of Fiji really is a dump! Everyone kept telling me there really is nothing there and they are sooo right! you feel like you are in a completly different country - mainly india - after two weeks on the Waya island that we visited.

We stayed at Octopus resort which was amazing! The sun shone for the majority of the time and im now sporting a nice tan! When it did rain, it was tropical, cleared the air and then was sunnier than ever!

The resort has close links with the local villahe - Nalawayki - the majority of staff at the resort live in the village. We ended up going to the village four times - church two sundays in a row!! once to visit the kindergarten and another time for a general tour, kava ceremony and a meke show from the villagers, and oh cant forget the craft market!

Church was amazing. Maybe my highlight, the signing from the tiny choir and the passion that they sing and preach with brought me to tears. they have nothing at this village, live in tin houses but yet want for nothing and you can feel the love and happiness in the air. On the second sunday we went there was a christening. It was such a special and personal moment for the family yet we were privileged enough to be involved.

The kindergarten was really great, the kids sang us nursey rhymes in enlgish! I really need to learn another language if these kids can speak two and yet have nothing - it was brilliant. the older children of the village board on another island - which is funded by the resort - the people are eternally grateful.

When we went over for the Meke show it was lots of singing, dancing and laughing. But this time we recognised a lot of the villagers from working at the resort and vice versa so they got us up doing the conga and 'shaking it' around the village!! It was great!

The rest of the time we spent chilling by the pool, reading and walking the amazing beach! The food was great too, 3 full meals a day we really are stuffed and its nice to feel a little hungry now! Everyone should visit Fiji in their life!

Now we are in Auckland, its Friday early evening and we arrived yesterday. We leave here on Sunday to do a tour to the tip of NZ where the two oceans meet and to go to the Bay of Islands which is North east of here. We are then coming back here for the nite to decide which company to use to get us down to Wellington. We will have 12 days left before we then fly to Queenstown so will be plenty of time! Its def going to be alot more active than Fiji time was!

Auckland is good - its safe, has everything we need and the hostel have been fab in helping us plan our trip but its not san fran!! everything is very spread out here so we are planning to venture a bit further afield tomorrow. We have been practical today, been and bought food so we can cook the next few nites, bought a really cool quicksliver hoody for 18 pounds and then tonite we are going to treat ourselves and yes you guessed it.....do our washing!!!!

I have managed to upload my pictures so far (all 281) onto disc but for some reason this computer does not like it! so will try again when im next online!

I think thats pretty much it for now...thanks for all your updates its great to hear what you are all up to...and i will reply eventually its just 30mins really does fly when your on here and no time for even face book faffing!!

Miss you all but really am having the exeperience of my life.

Lots of love xxxxxxxxx