Goodbye Fiji

After two more days in Fiji, we finally made it home.  But, not without getting "Fiji'd" a few more times...

For example - on one of the days, we decided to drive into the mountains to do a hike to a waterfall.  Google maps said it would take us just under an hour to get there.  The first 30 minutes of the drive was on semi-paved roads and then it changed to gravel, which then changed to dirt and random boulders, which included random river crossings.  After about an hour of off-roading, we arrived in a small town and saw a sign pointing to a lodge and hiking trails, so we took it.  We made it about 10 minutes in before the road became impassible for our poor budget vehicle.  So, Todd VERY CAREFULLY backed down the mountain and cliff edge to a place where he could turn around and began our trek back down the mountain.  Once we got close to the main road, google maps offered up an alternate route with a "similar ETA", so we decided to be adventurous and try it since our first plan hadn't worked out.  This road very quickly turned from paved to gravel and so on, but we really didn't want to turn around and have to backtrack, so we kept on.  Another hour later we found ourselves at a locked gate and some very unhappy Fijians telling us we were trespassing and to go back the way we came.  We did.  4+ hours later, we finally made it back to the main road and decided our day should be finished.

All in all, our Fiji trip was not great.  None of us have any plans on returning and we've been very happily enjoying our garden, beds, clean floors and counters, delicious healthy food, pools, clean air, nice vehicles, and potable water.