Back in Nadi

I’m back in Nadi and wish I was still at Dolphin Bay Divers Retreat with Viola, Roland, Jone, and everyone else!

Today was one of those days where you do laundry, go to the supermarket and pharmacy, and update your blog. That’s pretty much it. And of course talk to other backpackers – the usual.

And then there’s this guy I met yesterday on the way back from the airport, Colin from Scotland. He seems very nice and treated me to breakfast this morning, and then I saw his tattoos – not any tattoos, no, he has nazi tattoos all over. Weird. He was really nice, but his tattoos were definitely irritating!

Flying to Taveuni for 1 week

Yesterday was one of those days that went by quickly although nothing exciting happened: Back in Nadi, I simply did my laundry, went to the supermarket & ATM, wrote a recommendation letter for a former student, started replying to your emails (sorry, I seem to be backlogged all the time) and ended up chatting with Sonja – a good friend who is traveling in Central America with her boyfriend Christian - on the internet instead. …one of those days that one doesn’t necessarily think of when thinking about traveling, but which are definitley part of traveling if you travel for an extended period of time.

Today I packed my backpack, put some stuff in storage and checked out. Now I’m quickly updating my blog and at 2 pm I’m flying to TAVEUNI, an island in the northeast of the main island here in Fiji. I’ll be staying there for a week to pretty much only go scuba diving   Where I’ll be staying there is not much else to do and that’s why I’m going there: to dive at Somosomo Strait and the Rainbow Reef, hopefully including the famous GREAT WHITE WALL…

http://www.divetheworldfiji.com/taveuni-diving-sites.htm

http://www.taveuniislandfiji.com/guide/rainbow-reef-fiji.cfm

I’ll be staying at Dolphin Bay Divers Retreat and am not sure if I’ll have internet access there…

http://www.dolphinbaydivers.com/

I’ll get back to you by the end of next week before leaving Fiji and heading to New York City (via LA) on March 29.

Going island-hopping

The last two days I spent on-and-off (sunhine-and-rain) at the pool of my “hotel” – which really is a hostel with a pool – reading guidebooks and brochures trying to figure out how to spend my 3 weeks in Fiji  And here’s the plan for the first half:

Tomorrow I’m going island-hopping in the Yasawa islands. I’ll start in the north (Oarsman’s Bay Lodge for the first two nights) and then work my way down for the next seven – or possibly more - days   So if you don’t hear from me for a while, don’t worry - some places don’t have internet and at other places it is too slow to get anything done.

I hope you’re all fine wherever you are – and if you’re in New York, I’ll see you soon (3/30- 4/7)

I’m in FIJI :)

Got up at 5:20 a.m. this morning, went to the airport in Auckland and flew to FIJI  Compared to New Zealand, it’s really hot here – and also humid. It’s the rainy season which means rain AND sunshine alternating on an average day.

I’m staying at the Nadi Bay Resort Hotel, and although it’s called a hotel, it is not. I’m staying in a dorm room with 7 other travelers. Nice dorm, though, and with a/c (air-condition)   I met a lot of nice backpackers and we had dinner and drinks to celebrate the International Women’s Day – which I first celebrated in 1994 in the “Servitenheim” in Vienna – an unforgettable evening