Category: Fiji
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Five Year Pondering’s
There is something interesting about anniversary dates. It just seems to prompt memories and thoughts on how you ended up where you currently are, and that brings us to these pondering’s. It has been five years since we cut loose the tether and set sail on our great adventure. I did an anniversary post last…
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Hello New Zealand
After a seamless and enjoyable trip we have safely arrived in New Zealand. Other than a slight hiccup at the airport in Fiji it was a great trip. Despite the check-in staff’s bizarre denial of delays, the flight with Air New Zealand was fantastic. Good food, the best in-flight entertainment choices we have ever seen,…
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More from Fiji
We have experienced a variety of weather conditions over the last couple of weeks. Some of which resulted in some pretty weird colours at sunset, as seen above. There was also a bit of celestial excitement recently when a meteor shower was supposed to be visible all around the world. I did my research and…
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Images from Fiji
Something wonderful I truly enjoy about our lifestyle is being able to have the time to stop and take in the beauty and wonder that surrounds all of us. It doesn’t matter where in the world you are, there is beauty around every corner. One just has to stop and take it in. Birds are…
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Fiji, Day to Day
I have said this before, and it still bears out to be true. The beauty of house sitting around the world is the exposure to day to day life and simply what it is like to “live” in an area. This is very true in our four months in Fiji. We have passed the initial…
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Anniversary Blog
So, here we are at an anniversary. It has been 4 years ago this week that we set out on our journey of discovery, both of ourselves and the world. 50 plane rides, countless buses, and a total of 110 different beds. The word so far is life is pretty bloody marvellous. On November 7th,…
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Fiji House Sitting
We have been incredibly fortunate to land this house sitting gig in Fiji. We are on the southern coast or Coral Coast, of Viti Levu, the largest of the Fiji islands. It is allowing us to get a taste of living in Fiji, not the expat Fiji, but just the normal day to day Fiji.…
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Fiji Shark Dive
For my birthday Karen took me on a shark dive out of Pacific Harbour on the south coast of Viti Levu. The area we were diving in is a protected marine area. This of course is great for the aquatic life that lives there, however it obviously is a problem for the local villagers who…
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Welcome to Fiji
If you had asked me 5 years ago whether I ever imagined living in the island nation of Fiji I probably would have answered, ” I wish”. Well here we are spending 4 months in this idilic corner of the world. Don’t get me wrong, it isn’t all rainbows and unicorns, but it is damn close.…