FIJI!!

bula! i just wrote a whole lot of stuff and the computer lost it damn it!!

i was saying that fiji is great... the hostel is nice and there aree lots of english people so i have been talking to loads of them... some girls even left me a 3rd of a bottle of vodka when they left today, very nice of them! everyone in fiji is lovely! the locals are so ,laid back!

on thursday i went into the capital nadi (which is tiny!!) with two guys i met, tara and dan they are on a gap year before uni, we got invited to a kava ceremony. kava is the national drink here and the locals drink it almost constantly. it is made from the crushed roots of a kava plant which is in the same family as pepper plants, and they mix it with water in a big bowl. basically you all sit around in a circle on a straw mat and take it in turns to down a coconut shell of the stuff... i have read that it is seen as rude to refuse so i kinda had to but it is not nearly as bad as everyone makes out, though after 5 cups your mouth does go pretty numb! apparently in the villages kava addiction is quite a problem and if you drink enough of the stuff it can have the same properties as dope, which might explain "fiji time" ! nothing is rushed here... everything just happens when it does.. but i like that about the place...

yesterday i didnt do anything i just sat by the pool all day, i was doing all right but have actually got totally sunburnt on the tops of my legs and i'm not too happy about it... our hostel has a pool too so i had a swim. last night they had a band play and traditional fijian/polynesian dance here which was cool.

today i have so far done much the same, just being lazy before i go out to the islands tomorrow, that and the fact that i need for my sunburn to go down because if i got burnt again today i cant imagine how painful that would be!!oh and i've been bitten to buggery all over my poor feet, they have swollen up like 99 red balloons and it is both irritating and painful... the insect repellant that i was reccommended isnt helping at all and antihistamine arent stopping the itching... seriously, i'm close to my wits end!!

ok so thats basically what i've been up to, obviously i'm not going to have internet access on the islands (they even turn the electricity off at 10pm!) so i will have to update you when i am back at the hostel next sunday, i'm really looking forward to seeing the islands though as the beach here isnt too great, very dark fine sand, anyway i'm gonna go now hope everyone is good, am still missing you all

loads of love
xxxx