Fiji bus trip to Downtown

Yes. This is an open air bus, we saw a few exciting things along the way. A goat on a rope... and a few less than stellar homes. Remember this is a 3rd world country.

Welcome to Fiji!

The Resort!

Vacation Fiji

Delayed! Shocker! Well we finallu make it here! Welcome to Fiji! This is the resort we stayed at!

Merry Christmas

We managed to make it to Christmas Eve. Merry Christmas Everyone. Weird to spend it with the doors open and wearing short sleves and with no family... it is funny because for Christmas in NZ they have BBQ's. Just like our 4th of July... They open presents and then go to the beach or to a friends house and grill. Weird not to open gifts. Makes you realize it is not about the gifts but about the people that surround you. Love to you all!!

Caving. So it was not enough to do absailing down giant mountains. We had to go below ground as well and see the glow worms. Amazing to see them light up the caverns with their little bodies... We did a bit of the repeling and then some rock climbing by the time we made it back to the surface we were exhausted. Really... Really... cold though. Man that water... there was a reason we were wearing wet suits...

Off to Rotorua and the Geothermica capital of the country. All off these are heated by the geothermic energy. These are all old volcanos that are now craters. They give off an immense amount of heat and the steam rolls across these giant crater lakes. The sulfur smell leaves quite a bit to be desired.... Yuck!!

Gorgeous though. Get a load of the color of the water. Makes you want to jump right in.

Bay of Islands. That is where we are. We decided to take a speed boat to see the islands. Well they make you wear these waterproof suits over your clothes and give you a bag to hold your camera. Well we head out at very fast speeds. Right into a rain storm. Yes. I said it rain storm. Well image moving 50MPH or 100 KMPH with rain pelting you. Awesome. Not so much. Well we got to see the hole in the rock. Inventive... Those New Zealanders... so creative... Then even with wearing the plastic suits. We were soaking wet underneath. It was still raining when we got in the car and headed back to Auckland.