Start a travel blog Login. Fiji photos. Powdery white sand beaches, pristine turquoise water, colourful coral reefs just offshore, coconut trees, jungly interiors, hammocks, cocktails and restrained development. Why would anyone ever want to leave?
Well, Wifi access is pretty rubbish β so watching the second episode of Game of Thrones Season 8 was truly a nightmare. Complaints aside despite their legitimacy , I had a brilliant, relaxing, though somewhat energetic week in the island group. Isolated from fast or functioning internet connections, I was remarkably productive in writing 3 rambling blog entries and finishing a book β which I never do in Melbourne!
The Yasawas are easily accessed from Nadi by ferry, which weaves between a string of a dozen or so islands from south to north. The islands generally consist of just one resort, so the beaches are sparsely crowded.
I hopped between three islands in the Yasawas, with each providing quite different experiences. The resort which has a capacity for only around 40 guests and attached staffing quarters constitute the only settlement on the island. The resort occupies the only flat section on the island, a peninsula in the north, and as such has access to three beaches. I stayed in a 4-bed dorm in one of the thatch bures overlooking the eastern beach, which was regularly pummelled by wind.
I also kayaked around most of the island and discovered snorkelling areas with coral more vivid than the reefs fronting the resort. I next caught a boat to Nanuya Lailai in the north of the island group. The island is famous for the Blue Lagoon, supposedly the prettiest stretch of coast in the island chain.
