22nd August
I've landed in Nadi! I took a double decker plane from LAX - it was huge.
I slept pretty well on the flight and chatted to my neighbour, an attorney from Davis, CA!
I experienced Fiji time quite quickly - the giant plane was disembarked through a single security scanning belt - it took about 2 hours!

I was planning on taking the bus to Suva to catch my flight to Labasa, but was advised by the coach company that there wasn't enough time. I therefore booked on a separate flight from Nadi to Suva so I could make my connection to Labasa.

I went from the largest plane I'd ever been on to the smallest! It was about as wide as a train carriage and I could see the propellers. Once in Suva I had to wait 5 hours for my next flight which was on a similar sized plane.

In Labasa I couldn't see anyone from Tribewanted there to pick my up as they were supposed to. Everyone was leaving the airport - its very small, a solitary building and airstrip, and an Indian family asked if I wanted to share a taxi with them into town. I accepted this offer as I knew I had to get to the Grand Eastern Hotel to meet Tribewanted and take a boat to the island. Luckily I arrived just as they were about to leave... there had needless to say a mix up with my arrival time.

Fiji is very different to any where I've been before, the buses belch out black smoke, palm trees and banana trees are everywhere and people line the streets in Labasa which is dirty and crowded, but everyone seems really friendly.

After 3 flights and a boat ride I was finally at my destination, Vorovoro - www.tribewanted.com/

Amazing!