We (my mom and I) finally arrived to FIJI!!! =) We decided to travel around for the 1st week of our trip here.
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| Fiji Beach Resort and Spa |
First stop Nadi! We arrived at the Fiji Beach Resort and Spa-Hilton resort which just swept me off my feet: flowers everywhere, beautiful beach front room, and amazing breakfast right on the beach with fresh guava and pineapple juice.
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| Breakfast on the Beach |
We spent the first two days in
Nadi, explored the market, went to the Sabeto Mineral Mud Bath/Hot Springs, explored a
tropical garden at the top of a mountain, and visited the famous Sri Siva Subramaniya Temple.
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| Garden of the Sleeping Giant |
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| Sabeto Mud Pool |
After two wonderful days in Nadi, we took a ferry out to the Yasawa Islands and spent 3 days at the Blue Lagoon Resort.
This was the relaxing part of our vacation although I did manage to fit some adventure in there. I went snorkeling, kayaking, and paddle boarding at the reef that is right off the coast of the resort. I saw some amazing marine life including a barracuda! We also did an underwater cave trip and a visit to the village.
We had a ton of time to relax on a beautiful beach while enjoying the most amazing sunsets ever. I now know the meaning of true aquamarine water; turquoise, blue, and sea green are understatements. The night sky was just as beautiful as daytime; I have never seen so many stars in one night.
After three amazing days in the Yasawas, we packed up to head back to the main land. This day was quite eventful; we got stranded on an island without food/water for 3 hours, had to transfer 3 boats due to engine and steering failure, and when we finally arrived to the port 6 hours later, they were missing one of my bags… AWESOME!
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| The island we were stranded on... not too shabby for Sonali Patel |
Two islands, three boats, six hours and one missing bag later, we finally arrived to Intercontinental Fiji Golf Resort and Spa at Natadola Beach; this by far is one of the best resorts that I have ever been to and was definitely worth the wait.
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| View from the hotel lobby |
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| Enjoying the sunset from the Navo Lounge |
We spent a lot of time relaxing at the resort over the next three days. They had a great pool, an awesome lounge with great music, and amazing shows each night.
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| Best fire dancing show ever! |
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| My dream wedding! |
We took a couple of day trips to the Sigatoka Sand Dunes, a wild animal park, and a tropical rain forest.
One of the days, we took a glass bottom boat to a few different reefs where I got to jump out and go snorkeling. Other than that, we got to spend a lot of time on their endless white sand beach where we went jogging and did yoga every morning.
Overall, an amazing beginning to my trip to
Fiji; It was everything you see in postcards and more: fresh fruit, tons of flowers, grass huts, beautiful beaches and unbelievable sunsets.
~*~ BULA!!! ~*~
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