Above: Heading into Nadi town by bus. I love the open-sided Fijian buses.
I woke early with the sun and dozed still around 0830 due to the 1h time change. I took breakfast in the hotel. It was fairly priced if one pays for it in advance at the front-desk; it seems strange considering it involves extra work for staff and the customers.
I took the bus to Nadi to change my money and had a quick look around. The placed had grown in the 20 or so years since I had last been. I ended up getting FJD4 more than what I would have got at the best place at the airport, less FJD1.40 for the return bus fare! But it got me out for a look-see since the hotel pool was closed till after 1100 for cleaning.
The Coral Sun Express service from Nadi Airport to Suva collected me at 1315, after setting off from the airport at 1300. This was my cheap FJD20 ride to the Uprising Resort (dormitory section), so I didn’t expect them to collect me from the hotel.
Leaving Nadi, I couldn’t help noticing the blue skies and the parched landscape. Quite a change from Vanuatu! Around the Coral Coast area, the landscape changed to lush green and the skies cloudy. 3h30 later, I was dropped at Uprising junction, leading to my home for three days.
The dormitory was quite OK but the resort facilities very nice. Sadly the weather was bad here, with strong winds stirring up lots of waves which churned up the sand. It wasn’t warm enough to swim in the pool either. This seems like deja vu; just like the days I had in Vanuatu.