I know I'm really late but here's a short trip report from my trip to Fiji and some of my pics.
It was a 10 hr flight from LA to Nadi on the main island of Vita Levu. We then took a 2 1/2 hr bus trip to Pacific Harbor on the southern tip of Vita Levu to catch our boat to the small island of Beqa. We stayed at Beqa Lagoon Resort, which was a great resort with wonderful people. The island doesn't have any roads or cars and the resort is situated between 2 villages. We walked to both villages on different days to bring school supplies to one and do a tour of the other. They were all super friendly people and the kids at the school were really great. The bus rides on the main island were filled with yelling "Bula" and waving back to all the village people along the road.
We did 5 days of 2 tank boat trips, 2 night dives and a shark feeding dive. The water temps were between 82-84 degrees and the vis was around 70-90ft on most dives. We only had a couple dives with about 30-40ft vis. The corals and amount of fish were amazing! We saw lots of lionfish, pufferfish, anemone fish, nudibranchs, sharks, rockfish, leaf fish, a couple wrecks and so many different types of fish and corals that will take me a while to identify (especially since I don't have an ID book for that area).
Overall, the trip was truly amazing and I'd definitely like to go back someday!
Here are some of my pics. Fiji Diving - a photoset on Flickr
It was a 10 hr flight from LA to Nadi on the main island of Vita Levu. We then took a 2 1/2 hr bus trip to Pacific Harbor on the southern tip of Vita Levu to catch our boat to the small island of Beqa. We stayed at Beqa Lagoon Resort, which was a great resort with wonderful people. The island doesn't have any roads or cars and the resort is situated between 2 villages. We walked to both villages on different days to bring school supplies to one and do a tour of the other. They were all super friendly people and the kids at the school were really great. The bus rides on the main island were filled with yelling "Bula" and waving back to all the village people along the road.
We did 5 days of 2 tank boat trips, 2 night dives and a shark feeding dive. The water temps were between 82-84 degrees and the vis was around 70-90ft on most dives. We only had a couple dives with about 30-40ft vis. The corals and amount of fish were amazing! We saw lots of lionfish, pufferfish, anemone fish, nudibranchs, sharks, rockfish, leaf fish, a couple wrecks and so many different types of fish and corals that will take me a while to identify (especially since I don't have an ID book for that area).
Overall, the trip was truly amazing and I'd definitely like to go back someday!
Here are some of my pics. Fiji Diving - a photoset on Flickr
By the end of the week though I sure was sick of hearing "Bula" 
