We flew Fiji Air from Los Angeles and decided to do a stop over for a day. They, like L.A., had been in a drought for nearly 4 months when we arrived. We landed around 5:30AM and would begin our island hopping at 7AM.
We met some new friends as we took the bus from our hostile to the harbor. Some people do a couple of days at each island as they make their way up the island chain. We decided to disembarked at Octopus Resort, on Waya Island, taking a water taxi to the beach. We were greeted by a small guitar band and lead to our free island fruit smoothie in the resorts open air bar and restaurant.
We spent a good portion of the time snorkeling and watching fish swim in and out of the coral reef just off shore. After snorkeling for a good bit we shared a nice lunch with a couple from Auckland, New Zealand. We shared a few stories of adventure seeking and where we were headed to next. After eating we did some lounging in hammocks by the beach. Needless to say we had a great time on our day long vacation in Fiji. Now it was time for us to be on our way to New Zealand.
