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FIJI TIME!!! — Nadi, Viti Levu, Fiji

Source: Travel Pod

Nov 08, 2009

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Nadi, Viti Levu, Fiji

BULA!!! Bula means hello, welcome, cheers, how are you, and about a million other things and is spoken more often than anything else in Fiji.

Sorry this blog is a bit delayed, but hey, we've been on "Fiji Time!!!" Fiji Time is one of mankind's most ingenious ideas and primarily involves running late and not giving a damn. It's AMAZING. Everything (except buses and boats, we discovered) runs on Fiji Time. If things are a bit behind schedule, everyone laughs it off and says "Fiji Time!" The Fijian culture is laid back, relaxed, and works to avoid the kind of stress and anxiety pervasive in our own society.

We stayed at Drift In Hostel the first night in Fiji and were absolutely blown away by the people. John (the owner's brother) picked us up at the airport and asked whether we'd ever been to Fiji. When we replied "No," he responded with "Welcome home." And that's really what it was like. Never have I met a more amazing group of people in my l ...Read the full article

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