Honeymoon Part 3: Savu Savu, Fiji

Alright this is going to be the last post for the Honeymoon but if you have any questions let me know!

These activities took place over the next couple of days...

We did a lot of relaxing and what good is a honeymoon without a day at the spa??? That's right we hit up the Rain forest Spa. Appropriately sitting in the middle of the rain forest next to a running water fall. We opted for the couple's massage. And banana leaf wrap.

Those leafs you see, picked from actual banana trees growing right nest to the spa! Talk about fresh! The treatment lasted 2 hours. It included a brown sugar scrub down with coconut oil, followed by the wrap and finished up with the hour full body massage. Oh yeah, it was great!

After that we lounged by the beach awhile until we decided to take a bike ride. The resort had free bikes and the island really only had one road that went around it. So we road, through the intermittent rain (warm island rain, and you're wet from the beach anyway so who cares!). We went about 2 miles until we came to a big beach; which naturally, had a random deserted tiki bar.

Not the most flattering picture of My Love, but he was trying to get me in the background :)

We scavenged the beach for awhile for some cool shells to sneak home. AND we found some that we later put on the counter in our room and then couldn't find... You know that saying "it's not like it grew feet and walked away" well it did. Our shells had hermit crabs hiding inside, so when we found them we relocated them back outside.

The next day we took one of the resort day trips to a local waterfall. This was by far one of the coolest experiences of my life. The waterfall was located in a village and to visit it we had to present the chief of the village with a gift. So we went and bought some Kava root, with our guide, and presented it to the chief. The Chief was a 90+ year old blind man who was so happy to have us there! There was only one other couple with us so we all got to sit in his bungalow on the floor in a circle while he accepted our gift and did a ritual singing and chanting. And even though we didn't understand a word of it and our guide didn't speak this same language it was amazing because the Chief was just smiling and laughing and so

happy the whole time.

After meeting with him we were led to the falls by some more amazingly nice villagers. We played for about an hour and I even rummaged up enough courage to climb up the rocks and jump. It was just an amazing experience!

The whole Fiji trip was great! It was a VERY secluded area. So you don't feel like you are in a tourist town at all. But if you want that "excitement" vs. the relaxation you probably wouldn't enjoy this particular place. Hands down the best part of it was the people. Everyone in and outside of the resort was amazing. Even though it is really a 3rd world area people are so much happier then people here in the states. We think because they have so little they would be sad but they're not! They are free and self sufficient. It was really inspiring!

Honeymoon Part 2: Savu Savu, Fiji

Now it has been awhile and you probably don't want a 7 day long play by play anyway so I am just going to give you the highlights.

One of the next things we did was sign up for one of the resort adventures to go snorkeling at a near by reef. It was about a half an hour drive around the island to this reef. There were probably eight of us guests that went and we were all excited and ready to snorkel. When we arrived our activity guide, John, warned us about possible itching we might experience after snorkeling and said that this was sea lice. You can imagine everyone's reaction. He added that it was not dangerous and we could put vinegar on our bodies after the swim if we itched badly enough.

Okay, so here we go about to step in prepared to possibly come out a bit itchy. But when our flappy feet hit the water we instantly felt the sea lice. It doesn't hurt but it is uncomfortable. Although it doesn't hinder your abilities it was actually pretty funny to look around underwater and see everyone rubbing themselves to diminish the feeling you could not get to go away. Regardless we snorkeled and explored for about 45 minutes and it was great.

After the trip I was of course the only one to have actual red bumps appear and I still itched for about an hour afterward but it was totally worth it! And the vinegar really did help. Who knew.

Destination: Savu Savu, Fiji
Points of Interest: Koro Sun Resort http://www.korosunresort.com/

Honeymoon in Fiji (SavuSavu) Part 1

So, life has finally settled in. I am married and my husband and I both have new jobs we just started last week. I am fully prepared to write again, and hopefully fully funded to take some more trips to share with everyone.

Well if you are a Bachelorette fan and you watched the last two episodes of the season you saw where we stayed on our honeymoon. How cool is that! We had no idea. But the Koro Sun Resort was not only the location for the show but also the location for our incredible honeymoon!

The day after the wedding we hopped on a plane from Santa Rosa to LAX. Then waited 6 hours and got on our Air Pacific flight to Nadi, Fiji. And wow that was a LONG (11hr) flight in coach! Word to the wise opt for first class (there is no business to Fiji) and if you can't do that. Ask to sit in the back on the sides (if there are 2 of you). The last 10 rows or so of the plane are 2 seats to a row vs. 3. And there is extra space on the window seat to stretch your legs or spread your stuff out. Once we made it to Nadi it was another 45ish minutes till our next hour flight to Savu Savu. And landing in Savu Savu it looks like there is no runway but there is. And then there is a little outdoor "airport". Yeah...

On arrival we were promptly picked up by the resort driver, in a less then amazing van (without air). At this point I was a little nervous...12+ hours of flying and a crappy car what did I get us into???

We took a 10min drive along the coast until we reached Koro Sun Resort. Where we were greeted with foot massages, much needed. And a yummy island drink (non-alcoholic). We filled out a little bit of paperwork and were taken to our room. When we walked in they were still cleaning (which happened a couple times during our stay) so we went back to the restaurant to have breakfast. We enjoyed a delicious meal and headed back to our amazing room. When we got upstairs I looked out the window, and it was dry land.....we were in an edgewater bungalow that was supposed to be hanging over the ocean. After a moment of disappointment and panic my husband pointed out that it was probably low-tide. Well, we took a much needed nap and by the time we woke up I realized he was right. The water was everywhere I could see.

We headed to lunch (since we stayed at an all-inclusive resort there were 3 served meals a day). And after lunch we grabbed some snorkel gear and hit the beach. The resort had a tiny private beach and as soon as we got in the water you could see fish everywhere. It was absolutely gorgeous!!





Destination: Savu Savu, Fiji
Points of Interest: Koro Sun Resort http://www.korosunresort.com/