2010年3月15日 星期一

16 Mar 2010 Fiji - Malolo Island

Snorkelling

It was my first time snorkelling and I needed a few minutes to practice and get accustom to the underwater environment.  I did not dare to go too far but just stay at the reef .  Also, I had put on the life jacket to secure myself.

I had a friend practices scuba diving and she was so kind to lend me a camera home for underwater shoot.  However, without my spectacle on, I could see the creature in a "blurred" way.  When reviewing the video captured, I was quite satisfied with my first trial on underwater video.

After the storm, many fishes were brought to the shore.  There were large sea cucumber at the reef.

2010年3月12日 星期五

13 Mar 2010 - Fiji

Fiji at South Pacific

This trip is quite unexpected.  When I was still planning my Tasmania trip at last year end, I came across a promotion of direct flight to Fiji at exceptional low price $3,888.  Without second thought, I made a quick order as South Pacific horizon is my long wanted destination, though Tahiti was my first choice at that time.

Not until I landed at Fiji, I had no concrete idea of what to do during these four days.

My plane of Air Pacific (taken at HK Airport)

I was lucky to have reserved a hotel near the Nadi airport at reasonable price.  There were quite a lot of Japanese visitors stayed in this hotel.

I landed at the place in early Sunday morning.  It was really tired after 10 hours' flight with 4 hours' jet lag, even though I had few snap on the plane.  I checked in the hotel and took a bath to refresh myself.  Then I found it was tight in time to attend a Sunday service at nearby village but I was delighted when told by the reception desk that there was a church hosting sunday service at the convention hall in the hotel.  It was going to start in a few minutes...

When entering the convention hall, I was greeted warmly.  It was so nice to join their worship.  The worship team was consisted of a team leader, four voices - soprano, alto, tenor and base but there was no musical instrument.  All songs were sung in acappella, really amazing.

However, I was struck when learnt that there was a hurricane Thomas coming in one or two days.  After the service, I returned to my room and could not help fallen asleep.

I got up around 2:30pm and tried to go out for a walk.  This is the path leading to the hotel.  Palm trees on both side of the path.

Can you see there is a narrow railway in front of the van?  It is already abandoned but had been used for cane sugar transportation.

Houses nearby

Pool side view of the restaurant that I had meals.