Well as crez said in his post the trip to Fiji was actually split up into 2 parts (actually 3 but i'll explain that later). The first week we spent in nice and sunny Suva, and then we got shipped off witha gang of our cousins (i think about 11 of us) to the island.....
and thats when shit got rough...
We had no expectations of the island, on paper everything sounded pretty sweet and not loss of sanity inducing at all. But how wrong we were, how wrong indeed. The island it self was only about 20 mins boat ride away from the mainland and was covered in palm trees and nothing but ocean. The island itself only takes about 30 mins tops to walk around and across.
pretty much the whole island
what a lovely 40 degree stroll...
doin happy laps round the island
it had to be done....
having one of almost countless hammock seshs
As you can tell from my expression i'm listening to some sweet DMX "party up", you can tell right?
old skool traditional Fijian barbecue (lovo) where the food is placed on coals and buried under ground till cooked to deliciousness, see now you can never say the blog never taught you anything.
Most of the problems can stem from the lodge which was pretty rough, and when i mean rough i don't mean like the rough peace of chicken at red (dry ass breast bit) or like 'man i'm at uni on friday". I mean rough like bugs. dust, and consistent itching at all hours of the night, i'm talkin about a bucket shower and a kettle in the toilet (lol), i'm talkin about "as much as you try to get rid of but some how always there" sand everywhere, i'm talkin about dicpario The beach steez!!!! This added also by the fact that for some reaosn me, crez and mikey had a mad lack of towels and in the end had to use the same towel for both showering, swimming and foot wiping (yuck!).
the term cabin fever has never been more relevant than this moment
yea ceebs the rotation but you get the idea
The good ol bucket shower, came in handy a fair few times. Oh did i say a few? I meant never...
This lead to the levels of insanity rapidly multiplying with each crazy itching night, as it went from casual banter, to loud yelling, to dodgy bear grylls impersonations and constant comparisons to Shutter Island. The entire idea of being stuck on a small piece of land with literally no chance of escape would make any federal agent go mad. To say that shit got rough might just be the understatement of the year.
But all this aside most the problems we had with the island were either manageable and were really just wildly exaggerated by us.The view of the beach side can only really be described as breath taking and probably lead to more that a few D&M seshs. In all it was a great time hanging with the cousins and doin some catch up, swimming in the ocean (which i haven't done in years) and all in all just chilling. But that being said i don't ever wana go back aye, and we will never ever ever speak of the island again....
So yea that was the second week next we went to a 5 star hotel for our cousin's wedding, and the shit got crazy..... but more on that later.
So BULA everybody and defs COMEHITHIS!!
P.S. btw get ready for a "special" episode of Man vs Wild, Bear Grylls....i'm talkin Bear Ass!!
