Bula. (Hello),
We have made it to our first destination but not without some obstacles. Our first impression is that the sights are beautiful and the people are very friendly but our time in Nadi opened our eyes to how dirty it's here. I had always imagined it to be just like Hawaii with more tropics and better snorkeling but it seems that it's more remote here. I went to buy a medium size yogurt at the grocery store and was surprised that it cost 9 dollars US. While we were in nadi we rented a car and Adam was tasked with learning to drive on the other side of the road. Although it was scary at first as the drivers here are crazy, he became a pro passing the large sugar cane trucks with the rest of the locals. While in Nadia we explored the island, going to Port Denaru, where all the resorts are, and all the way to lutoka, where Fiji's sugar cane processing plant is. While we were in Nadi we had our first experience with the geckos and the frogs (which only come out at night). We are now learning to adjust.
On Thursday we flew to the island of Vanau levu to our first homeaway condo overlooking Savusavu bay, it's beautiful here. The picture attached is from our deck. Since we have been here it has rained a bit but we spent one day exploring the town of Savusavu. We visited a large fruit and veggie market, it was full of beautiful fruits I had never seen before. Our condo owner ( who lives above us) told us today that the reason why so many figians don't work is because everything grows here and they can live off the land. They are able to easily grow anything here. He said (in his very stong german accent) "you just put a branch in the ground and it grows you need no water or fertilizers as in germany."
Well that is all for now, hope everything is going well.
Love, Kaitlin and Adam
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