This blog post is going back to March 8th through the 17th. Only 10 days after getting home from Nicaragua, Andy and I took off and went on our Honeymoon. We have been married for 7 months now. So where did we go? All the way to Fiji. Approximately a 4 hour flight to California where we literally almost ran into Ice Cube. Then took a 10 hour flight to Nadi Fiji (once we left California, we never crossed land until we landed in Fiji). Once in Fiji we took a hour cab ride to where we would leave on the boat and then hopped on a 5 hour boat ride to our first island adventure at Coralview.
So how did we pick Fiji? We wanted to go to one place that we may never go back to being it was our honeymoon. When we were in Belize, we met an Australian couple who were traveling the world. We kept in contact with them and asked them where there favorite place was. Fiji was there answer. So, that's where we went.
It was quite incredible. It was like we were on the discovery show. The beauty of Fiji was unlike anything. The people were awesome, so welcoming, loving, caring, and nice. The food was great. Andy and I booked a back packers deal. We stayed in little hut/cabins. The first place that we stayed was called Coralview. Our little house was great (once again we never had warm showers, which is great). This islands were laid back. We snorkeled at a place called the Blue Lagoon. This is where the original movie the blue lagoon was filmed. The snorkeling in Fiji was amazing. We didn't even know snorkeling like this existed. One of our days snorkeling we were literally swimming with thousands of fish. The colors and the coral were out of this world. We even saw two shark's (Yikes). We also saw little jellyfish (they did sting us) and we also saw huge beautiful jellyfish (it was like we were in Finding Nemo). Speaking of Finding Nemo, we learned that clown fish are quite brave. I am sure if they were bigger the would attack. Here is a list of adventures that we did while in Fiji.
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| Andy feeding the fish |
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| The sun was a beast, Andy had to barrow my Hat :) |
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| Loved this. |
- Lazy days spent at Coralview (laid back resort).
- Snorkeled at the Blue Lagoon
- $15.00 for a Corona
- Fed the fish
- Took walks along the beach
- Days spent reading on the beach and in hammocks
- Played Fijian games at night with the locals (Head n' tail game, push the stone, dodge ball, 3-legged races, box game (Andy almost won this one).
- Went cave snorkeling (Scary)
- Encounter swimming with sea lice.
- Transferred from a little boat to the big boat in the middle of the ocean
- Stayed at a place called Mantaray (our favorite).
- One glass for water that everyone shared from
- Spent a afternoon at a local village, visited the schools
- Lots of Geckos
- I learn how to weave a basket out of leaves
- Went deep sea fishing. Caught a big fish.
- Andy attracted a cat who spent the night with us
- 2 random dogs followed us around on our hike along the beach
- Fed baby turtles (my favorite)
- Saw baby sharks at Bounty Island
- Kayaked around Bounty Island
- Learned how to travel with the locals and not pay $150 each for a cab ride
- Stayed at Hide away resort (will probably never stay at a resort again)
- Went to local zoo
- I held a snake, Andy wouldn't
- Held iguana's
- Went to a local pub outside of the resort, hung out with locals, drank kava.
- Donated our supplies (liquids etc.) to Appie and his family.
- Slept in mosquito nets for 2 nights.
- Most of all enjoyed life and our honeymoon.
- Had 40+ hours of St. Patty's Day. Drank a beer in two different countries and two different states.
That list pretty much sums up our trip. I must say (and I speak for both
of us), it was an incredible time. We loved every moment and look
forward to our next Island adventure. I will post some of my favorite
pictures, although there are quite a few pictures so next time you visit
with us be sure to ask to see all of them.
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| A beautiful sunset |
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| We didn't catch this but it was still a ton of fun. |
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| Embracing my fears |
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| So much fun, We are so adventurous. |
This
weekend Andy and I loaded up the car (let me say that most of the time
my bags don't even get unpacked before the next adventure begins),
loaded up the dogs into the car, and grab all our snowboarding gear and
head to Kellogg, Idaho for Shredfest 2012. We met Tim and Tom in Kellogg
and spent Saturday shredding Silver Mountain. We arrived in Kellogg
Friday night at approximately 8 pm. Tim was already at the bar waiting
impatiently for us to arrive and for Shredfest to begin. Let's just say
that Friday night was fun had by all, lots of laughs, lots of stories,
lots of drinks, and a bar tab that our wallets could have done without.
Saturday was lots of fun spent on the mountain in beautiful scenery. The
snow conditions weren't too bad either. Saturday night was spent having
dinner, becoming way to full, and once again somehow managed to get a
bar tab that didn't agree with our pocket books. Oh, and thanks to
Friday night and the number of fireballs that were consumed, Tom
won a fireball snowboard. But, being that he wimped out and had to go
home the snowboard went to the next winner, which wasn't us. Sunday we
woke up feeling the lack of sleep kicking in and the presence of the
bunny himself (it is Easter Sunday after all). To give our thanks and
appreciation we took a little drive up into the mountains to take in all
that we are thankful for. 
