Did I mention my pit-stop in Fiji?

The smartest thing I did in this whole process of moving out of the country to nanny was to get in touch with the nanny the family had before me. Here I go talking about fate again, but she lives in the same town I do. Explain that one! So we went to lunch.

I almost feel like I cheated; I don't expect to come across many problems with my travels because of all the advice I got beforehand. I didn't have to figure out things like cell phones, visas, or that tampons apparently suck over there and I should try to bring as many of my precious tampax pearls as I can.

The best piece of advice my awesome mentor gave me, though, was the fact that you can make a layover last days instead of hours. My flight goes to Nadi, Fiji, and then on to Auckland so I was going to have to chill in Fiji for a few hours. I had a random obsession with Fiji a couple years ago so it was killing me that I was going to be there and not able to do or see anything. Well, not anymore! My layover now lasts three days and I'm going to get to do some amazing things while I'm there. I'm staying at the dorms in a pretty nice resort so that's going to be awesome, but the coolest part is all the day adventures, and day cruises that they are associated with.

Walk around town checking out temples like this? Yes, please.

Hike to these highlands and visit the village? I think so.  

Day cruise out to these white sand beaches? Yes, please.

Get a nice bronzing by this pool? Don't mind if I do.

Hike out to this waterfall and go for a dip? Yep.

Eat amazing food like this and pay like hardly anything for it in American dollars? My favorite part :D

I can't wait for this adventure. Along with all these cool places to see and things to do I get to sleep in a dorm with 19 other people! It doesn't get more interesting than that!