Thursday, September 11, 2008

Fiji






Before I move on to our arrival, I had to write a bit a bout Fiji.

The airport was "interesting" and very humid at 5 am. We found a cab that packed all our things (our bags got all messed up during the first two flights) and drove us to the hotel (Radisson- we totally loved it!) without any seat belts on! It was an interesting and bit scary experience since they also drive on the other side of the road and a few times we thought that we would hit a car coming on the "wrong side" of the road (at least to us). But of course Jacob thought it was fun.

That's were he learned how to say hello in Fijian "Bula!". He thought it was the coolest thing ever, so as soon as he would see someone he would greet them that way.

Once at the hotel, we could not get a room that early, so we went exploring the hotel grounds and to the restaurant to have some breakfast. It was really fun to see Jacob using his camera and taking pictures of everything and everyone in site.

It was interesting to see how friendly and kind the natives are. The waitresses would come up to us and take the baby to show off to other staff and people at the restaurant. This happened every day! Jacob loved the attention but was scarred that he would loose sister. He had a blast at the pool, playing in the sand, making new Aussie and Kiwi (New Zealanders) friends. We also took the little "Bula Bus" to the port and got to see fire dancers. He snapped away with his camera and loved it sooooo much that he asked if we could buy him a Sulu (male dress wrap). Justin though it would be cute, so we got him one. He even wore it to dinner with a dress shirt and looked very cute. Camilla got the cuttest little dress that momma accesorized with a flower behind the ear :O)

We totally recommend Fiji. Even though we didn't leave the resort but to the port, we loved it. We hope to fly through there and stay a few days on our way back to the states.

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