We made plans to head back to the US in mid-March, and Fiji is right there between Auckland and Los Angeles. So we made a stop. For a week.
After some research, it became pretty clear that a resort would be the way to go in Fiji. It’s not usually our thing, but it was pretty nice to have everything at our fingertips. We spent the days by the pool and at the beach. I tried some SUP (standup paddle) and did some kayaking. We swam a bunch. There was a silly 9-hole golf course that I played a couple of times. We hiked around the island and visited neighboring resorts. One was kid-free, and I must admit, that was a very nice dinner spot…
We did a three-hour snorkel tour one day which was a bit disappointing to me. We went to one decent spot (in view of the island where they filmed Cast Away), and after an hour of snorkeling they took us over to a resort and dropped us off for 45 minutes. We went to the pool and took a quick swim. Then they picked us up and took to another resort (on yet another island) and dropped us off again for 45 minutes. We again went to a very nice pool and hung out. I think we were supposed to buy the very overpriced drinks. I would have liked to snorkel more…
Fiji is quite beautiful and as you might expect from an island in the South Pacific, has a number of beautiful sunsets.
The main pool at Plantation Island Resort.
A sunset.
Small fish in the ocean right off the beach.
Local brews.
Not a sunset! Just a cool-looking evening sky.
Local gang of cats at Musket Cove, a neighboring resort.
Oh, another sunset.
It rained really hard one night while we were at dinner at Lomani Island (the other neighboring resort), and they didn’t have an umbrella to spare for our 15-minute walk home. So we got soaked and made sure to get an umbrella the next day. With that insurance policy, it hardly rained again while we were there.
I have that umbrella and a flower on my head. As you can see, I’m delighted with this arrangement.
More sunsets. These next two were taken just a few minutes apart (from our dinner table!) as the sky changed colors. No filter, as they say.
Oh look, another sunset.
We stopped at Castaway Island Resort on the snorkel tour, though it’s not on the island where they filmed the movie. That island was in view though.
Just after sunset on our last night in Fiji.
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