In August, Trish and I journeyed on a 'round the world honeymoon, to Ireland,
Italy,
Thailand and Fiji.
Trish had a Fiji poster on her wall when she was a little kid and has always dreamed of visiting its islands. Our first
view of Fiji from the plane was stunning.
We left Thailand on Saturday, August 17.
Yes, our flight from Thailand to Fiji was long. It was only a few hours from Koh Samui to Hong Kong, but Hong Kong
to Nadi, Fiji was 10 hours. Our layover in Nadi lasted a few hours on Sunday morning. When we boarded the "Island
Hopper" for Taveuni, Trish turned into a kid in a candy store. Trish earned her pilots license a few years before I
met her and something about a 1960s-era plane excited her greatly.
It took about an hour to fly from Nadi to Taveuni. After we landed, a driver from our hotel greeted us and and drove
us to our water taxi. The resort
Phil booked for us was Qamea Resort and
Spa, which we later found out was on an island with no roads.
As we were arrived at Qamea, we immediately noticed the Padi 5-star Diving Resort sign. We'd both been scuba diving
certified in the past, but we hadn't planned on diving in Fiji. When we saw it was 5-star diving, we both looked at each other,
smiled, and thought "why not?"
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