Fiji
After having travelled down and back up both islands of New Zealand, and before my tour in Saudia Arabia starts, I found that I would have one week to spare. I decided that Fiji would be a good place to chill. I was right.I started out fast. After hearing that the next day there would be a momentuous game of rugby between arch-rivals Fiji and New Zealand, I had my driver reroute on the way to the hotel so that I could get myself a ticket and the appropriate fan t-shirt.
It turned out to be quite a surprise. Drua beat the Kiwis (with my support). The guy sitting beside me gave me a beer. That may have been instrumental.
The clouds you see dumped rain on us in varying intervals, but the crowd could not be silenced.
Quite an interesting experience, although I still cannot claim to fully understand the sport.
The buffet breakfast here is phenomenal. You can eat various full meals, because it's all there: from traditional breakfast things all the way to roast beef (freshly carved). I ended up also taking an eggplant spinach curry, just because I could.
Took a trip out to a "club" platform where I spent the day snorkeling, eating and drinking. The ride out by boat was about 45 mins.
The staff was extremely accomodating, even bringing drinks out to one of the floating decks.
Did a bit of snorkeling and managed to escape with only a bit of red dome.
On the way home some of the staff kept us amused chasing us on jetski. It felt like something out of a James Bond movie.
In the evening, I was rewarded for the hardships of the day with this sunset, which fit nicely with a seafood skewer and Chardonnay.
