BULA!!

Hello Everyone! First thing I have to say is.....Pizza!! Tonight we're in the main island of Fiji,
Viti Levu and we just ate Pizza. I know I know, we've only been away for 3 weeks but it was very exciting to be able to choose our own restaurant and our own meal (we'll get a little more adventurous tomorrow but tonight was just pure comfort food!) Let me give some back ground....we have been traveling between many small islands (like small enough to hike around -which we did) and the only food is what you're given for each meal. For example; lots of donuts and starchy foods and let me tell you it's really hard to find the meat on the neck cut of lamb. So, Pizza was fabulous!
All food aside, Fiji was wonderful and beautiful. We last wrote while at Oarsman's Bay Resort where we did 3 more scuba dives - one with our first shark encounter!! From there we made our way to Manta Ray Resort where we had a chance to swim with Manta Rays- which are huge and look like birds soaring in circles underwater, it was amazing!! There at Manta Ray we did more snorkeling and loads of beach laying!! Manta got our vote for having the best food of the 3 week trip!! From there it was on to Sunset Resort where we encountered more bugs in our bure then we had seen in the whole of our trip! We also made a little doggie friend that slept on our floor and kept the cockroaches away! We hiked around Waya Island where Sunset is located and did a whole lot more beach laying! From Sunset we planned to hike across to the next island resort. No Fijian could understand why we would ever want to do that!! After much explanation we were on our way. 2 hours later we arrived at Wayalailai Resort where not a single Fijian could understand where we were coming from and why we were not on the boat. At least we gave everyone a good laugh! Let me say we have heard some of the best laughing ever in the past three weeks, the islanders we've met just don't hold back, it's infectious! So, back at Wayalailai they were full even though we had a booking - there was no room at the inn. So because they were sympathetic to us being on our honeymoon and didn't want us to sleep in the dorms, they set us up the nicest palace of a tent! it was swanky! Check out the photos!! The second night of our stay they put us up in the fanciest cottage where we spent the rainy day finishing our books.

This morning we hiked to the top of the island - it was gorgeous - we then caught the boat back to he mainland and that brings us back to the Pizza...

And finally what you've all been waiting for: MORE PICS
http://picasaweb.google.com/mhewing/TheRestOfFiji

Enjoy!!

Love Liz and Mark