The first nights I stayed in a nice place near the airport but then moved to the middle of the island, which is closer to the rainbow reef.
On Sunday I did a waterfall tour. In the local national parc they have 3 waterfalls, we could see only 2 of them, the third one was inaccessible due to heavy rain which made the track muddy and slippery. It was quite hot and very humid, not the best conditions for a hike. The track was also a little bit adventurous, I had to pass a river, which was secured with a rope.
After some hiking we got rewarded with a nice view over the coconut farm towards the sea.
But the biggest reward was the swim in the rock-pool by the waterfall. Very refreshing and much deserved!!
The last attraction at that day was a visit to the dateline sign. One of my hands was on the "today" side of the world, the other on of the "tomorrow" side. To avoid confusion, the whole fiji is on the same timezone. And Tonga is also an exception, they joined the fijian timezone, but physically they are on the other date.
The mentality of the fijian people is similar to that of the tongan people. Some difference: In Fiji there are many indian people, which are working in government and are running a lot of businesses. And the country is more developped than Tonga. Both don´t take care much about animals and enviroment. Horses and cows are towed with very short ropes and cats and dogs are not treated well. They don´t see the veterinarian. Here you see some carwash station which is in fact a bridge, the dirt water is floating into the sea.
The diving was quite nice and also challenging. I did a famous dive which was called "White wall". The current was so strong that we saw this wall only for 2 minutes, the current let us drift so fast that I had to concentrate very much on myself.I also did a night dive which was unexpectedly very colorful because of the soft-corals. At night I saw other species than during the day. Some strange worms, a giant crab and a nice scorpionfish, which camouflaged itself very well.
