Long flights suck, and I slept especially poorly on this one. However, I did get to watch Blackberry (hilarious, I highly recommend it) and I learned from another passenger that I can rent all the tramping gear I need for the great walks in NZ.
Landing in Fiji and getting a bus ride to my hostel was so easy, and we were welcomed to customs with a Fijian band singing and playing ukuleles. After grabbing another coffee, I just barely made it to the express bus and ran on with much excitement for the ride. We travelled down the Queens Road, passing by Nadi and lots of Indian temples, churches, farms, rolling hills and lush forests. It reminded me of a jungly Cuba, and there were lots of cows munching on grasses in the drainage ditches. At one of the bus stops, I watched a woman embrace a young man that jumped off the bus, and it was just so heartwarming to see how much they missed and loved each other.
