Fiji was absolutely amazing. The culture, the people, the physical geography. I've decided to enter a few of my journal entries in here for anyone thinking about going on a trip with AYS or going to Fiji, although my thoughts will probably be more useful to the former group. I'm going to cut out a few of the less-interesting things or things that may only be pertinent to me, but I'll give a this a good try. Please let me know if you like this.
"June 3, 2008
I'm on the plane from LAX to Nadi, (pronounced Nahn-dee) Fiji. We're supposed to land around 5:30 Fiji time so we're getting close now. The flight from Boise to LA was uneventful. I spent most of it reading my current book, Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett."
All of the kids were in AYS shirts that were fairly noticable, but luckily they're weren't especially ugly. They were white with AYS in large black letters, and then "fiji" in smaller, green writing underneath. We had been instructed to meet eachother underneath the "Air Pacific" ticketing desk. We waited forever for any of the other AYS kids to show up. Megan and I were the only two from somewhere besides Utah. We felt a little odd meeting everyone. Most of them knew eachother and were different than we were, but it was fun anyway.
"June 4, 2008
I'm sitting in a hammock with Megan at Octopus Resort. Some of the group is playing beach-volleyball next to us. We plan to have out hair put into cornrows in a few minutes. I had to convince Megan to have it done. I'm excited. She isn't...
We went through customs at the airport. I wish it hadn't been dark when we landed. I would have liked to be able to see the islands during our decent. We met up with our second group leader, Shawn Moore at the airport. We all found breakfast and played Two Truths and a Lie while waiting for our transportation. It was a nice way to get a feel for the other people.
Around 7 am we received a message that our boat to the resort was going to leave at 8:30 rather than at 10 as had been previously planned. We grabbed our luggage and got on an unplanned bus, very quickly. On the way to the harbor, our bus rear-ended a food truck. (pictured above) It would have been funnier if we weren't all worried about missing out boat."
"Same day, later
Megan just came to sit in the hammock with me but I was too warm so now I'm in a chair by the pool. The Octopus resort is very nice. They have a lovely view and very nice food. It is right on the beach. Megan and I snorkeled yesterday with our new but cheap equipment. It worked well. There are coral formations all around this island. At low tide you have to walk over the top of them to get to the water/boats. While snorkeling we saw colorful fish just like on tropical marine nature shows. We saw a sea cucumber too. Soon after our underwater adventure we decided we need to learn sign-language so we can communicate more effectively under water."
I'll write later, but right now I have to go practice my violin.
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