Fiji

A week ago I went to Fiji for a conference for work....I know my life is hard.  We stayed at the Sheraton Fiji, a beautiful resort on the western side of the main island in Fiji, Nadi. Our first night in Fiji we watched the most beautiful sunset I have seen in years and definitely since I came to Australia as the majority beaches in Sydney face east.

 The first morning in Fiji I got breakfast and coffee with a few of my coworkers and we drank our coffees on the beach in our work clothes. Definitely the best morning coffee I have ever had.

Enjoying my morning coffee

We spent most of the business days in the conference hall listening to some really cool presentations about the company, but were given time to take afternoon pool and ocean breaks.  The reason we had the conference in Fiji is that it was cheaper than sending our company to a location in Australia as February is part of monsoon season in Fiji.  Every day around two or three it would pour for a solid hour, but then it would be clear blue skies.  The ocean water is the warmest I have ever been in.  It made the pool seem too cold and certainly made Sydney and Maine waters seem frigid in comparison.

My last morning in Fiji I went snorkeling around two reef on islands close to our resort. It was my favorite thing I did that week. Fiji is an archipelago of 332 island, 110 of which are occupied, and 500 islets.  I had not realized how many islands were a part of the country before I went there.  We took at thirty minute boat ride and passed two other island before we arrived at our snorkeling location. We spent an hour and a half around the reef and I saw a parrot fish, amazing blue starfish, crown of thrown starfish (which kill coral), clown fish and so many other sea creatures that I did not recognize. It was truly an amazing experience.