Bula!!

The real reason we hadn’t posted anything for so long is because we are currently enjoying a break in Fiji.

Angela has been supposed to visit the USP headquarters in Suva, but after more than a year it still hadn’t happened. Anyway, they have finally got it organised and this week she is busy meeting her colleagues in Suva and checking out the USP facilities here and joining in the USP Open Day activities on Friday. I am sure she will be posting more about this soon. While she is at USP I thought I would be able to do some sightseeing, but I actually have some work to do and Kramer have an office in Suva, so I am working out of their office this week.

On our way to Suva we managed to fit in relaxing 4 day break at Plantation Island. It was all arranged at the last minute and I didn’t realise how family orientated the Plantation Island Resort is, but we managed to survive the screaming babies and bratty kids and had a good time.

Of course it wouldn’t be a holiday for us without some rain and for 2 days it rained heavily all day. On our first day there our outdoor dinner was interrupted by a brief shower that sent everyone running for cover, but we are used to things like that. But it was the next day that the heavens really opened. Parts of the resort were underwater, but the frogs seemed to be enjoying it. That night we came back after dinner to find that the toilet was about to overflow. After a few calls to get the plumber we had to resort to bailing out the bowl with a coffee cup! Eventually the plumber managed to get things sorted and we could sleep easily.

Through the rain we got out for a few walks around the island, and Angela did some shopping! Lucky for me there aren’t many shops on the island, but I am sure we visited each one twice. Once the rain stopped and sun can out we enjoyed some snorkelling and time on the beach. The water wasn’t as warm as what we are used to in Samoa and we were both shivering and complaining about the cold!

On our last night there we enjoyed a lovely dinner at the Flame Tree Restaurant at Lomani Resort, complete with transfers by stretched golf buggy and champagne. It was also the night of the All Blacks vs Wallabies tri-nations test. Our ‘chauffeur’ had been keeping an eye on the game and was able to give us an update on the way back to Plantation. He managed to get us back in time to watch the end of the game on the big screen in the lounge where we caught the last 2 All Blacks tries. I hope he didn’t have any urgent pick-ups because he joined us in the lounge to watch the end of the game!

The next day we headed for Suva. For some reason we decided to take the bus so that Angela could see some of the countryside. After 4 hours bouncing around on the bus I don’t think she thought it was a good idea! For the record it is raining in Suva too!