Back in 2006, on our first overseas trip, My wife (Shirley) and I were joined by my sister and her husband as we stayed at a Worldmark resort on Denarau Island in Nadi, Fiji. We were already owners in the ‘time-share’ holiday company but my sister and her hubby were not – so they were invited to…
This week, our Travel pics series is J for Jets. For Saturday, we return to Nadi, in Fiji, and this Virgin 737. VH-VUY .. or Snapper Rocks, as Virgin calls it .. is a 737-8KG variant, built in 2010. It was originally flown as a Virgin Blue plane, Byron Beauty – but was later repainted and renamed…
This week, our Travel pics series will be J for Jets. For Tuesday, it’s the final flight of a venerable workhorse. The Island of Vanua Levu was a 747 that had been in service with Air Pacific, as it was known, for 10 years before this, its last flight, in 2013. DQ-FJK was already 13 years…
The theme letter for our travel pics this week is X (Marks the spot). And for Wednesday, it’s an eXhilarating parasail in Fiji. The last time we were in Fiji, we had our 30-something niece with us (and her parents). Monique wanted to go parachuting while in Fiji. Her parents (who would have to have…
The theme letter for our travel pics this week is W, for Worldmark. Our final pic in this week’s series once again comes from Denarau Island, in Nadi, Fiji. This is a lovely resort, with as much or as little to do as you like. We’ve been there twice – and on those visits we’ve been…
The theme letter for our travel pics this week is W, for Worldmark. Shirley and I are owners at Worldmark – a sort of time-share holiday group with properties in North America, Fiji, Australia, New Zealand, and now Indonesia. One of those properties is Denarau Island, in Nadi, Fiji. Nadi, by the way, is pronounced…
The theme for our travel pics this week is P for Pacific Islands. Today it’s Tivua Island – a small uninhabited atoll off Fiji’s Viti Levu island. It’s used as a day-trip from nearby Nadi – but also has two isolated bure huts – used for holidaymakers who stay overnight after the daytrippers sail back…
The theme for our travel pics this week is J, for Jungles (and rainforests) – and for Friday, it’s Tivua island, in Fiji. One of the Mamanuca islands off Viti Levu, Tivua is a pretty little coral cay that is used as a day-trip for tourists from Nadi. It’s small enough to walk around in 20 minutes,…
The theme for our travel pics this week is J, for Jungles (and rainforests). For Tuesday, let’s head to Fiji, and The Garden of the Sleeping Giant. This is a botanical garden first established by Hollywood actor Raymond Burr – mostly to grow his beloved orchids. (Who knew ‘Perry Mason’ was an orchid-lover?) There are more…
The theme for our travel pics this week is public transport. We’ll start with the Bula Bus in Fiji – this is actually a shuttle bus that services the resorts on Denarau Island in Nadi, Fiji. Initially it was a free service, and supplemented the paid service run by WestBus – but on our last visit, it…
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