Wow, what a fun couple of weeks!! A lot has happened in the past 2 weeks, and that is mainly the reason why I haven't had the time to update my blog!
Okay, 1st up, Fiji. I got spend a fantastic 4 days in Fiji courtesy of Panasonic Lumix and it was truly AWESOME!!! Day 1 and day 4 were mainly spent travelling but day 2 and 3 were picture perfect action packed days!
Day 2 consisted of travelling the Islands around Mana Island (Where we stayed) on a boat / yacht called the SeaSpray. The crew on board provided all the food and drinks needed for the day as well as some on board entertainment. We got the chance to snorkel just of a sandbar around some fabulous reefs in crystal clear blue water!
After that 1st stop, we headed over to Monuriki Island (Which is the island that Tom Hanks shot the movie Cast Away on) and got lunch served on the boat. When we arrived at the Island we got a chance to snorkel the reefs surrounding the island as well as explore the island itself. One of the organisers had also taken the opportunity to make our very own "Wilson" to play with!
That night we were treated to a traditional Fijian Fire Walking show, and then entertained by Polynesian Dancers. It’s safe to say I was very tired at the end of that day!
The 2nd full day we got to spend on Mana Island was lined with activities without much room for movement! 1st up 2 out of the 4 groups (including us) got to snorkel the reefs off Mana Island. We headed out about 50 metres offshore to where the reef drops off and then swam up the reef for a about 100 meters or so and it provided some fantastic photo opportunities’!
After that we were supposed to head out to the airstrip for our helicopter ride, but the helicopters were running a little behind schedule. This was because there is only 1 Helicopter Company in Fiji that only has 3 helicopters, and one was in the shop under maintenance. So there was only 1 helicopter doing the flights (takes 6 people at a time, there were 60 of us!) as the other was on an emergency call out. So instead of heading straight to the chopper, we got to take the Jet Ski’s out early. So after a 1 hour Island hop in the Jet Ski’s over the beautiful blue waters of the Pacific Ocean, I was totally sold on these awesome machines! So after back on dry land, we eventually got our Chopper ride in. Some of the photos that I got were amazing!
The only downer on this day was where we returned from the chopper ride to go parasailing, we were informed that the parasailing boat had broken down. This was kind of annoying because the other 3 groups that got to go before us all got to do it. Anyway, we were then informed that instead we could have the choice at going back out on the Jet Ski’s and I think everyone was pretty happy with that option! (I know I certainly was!)
So that night we were treated to a 4-course dinner at a very nice restaurant on the south beach of Mana Island. This was also tied in with the official Lumix Academy presentation where Ken Duncan had judged the best pic’s of the trip and decided on the top 4 for some Lumix prizes! I didn’t win any prizes but I did get 3 of my photo’s ‘highly commended’ which was a big boost considering that Ken was doing the judging!
So the final day was basically travel, a total of 14 hours by the time I was at home in bed and snoring my little head off (About midnight Friday) I was not very alert when going to work at 9am Saturday mooring!
So that was Fiji, feel free to head over to my facebook page to check out some pic’s that I took!
TTFN
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