Our taxi driver was a nice Fijian man of around fifty years old. We talked about the weather. "We are just coming out of winter at the moment' - it's 28 degrees. The hottest it gets in summer is 32 degrees.
He worked six days a week, and normally had Sundays off, but had take two guests to church - the Methodist church, "most Fijians are Methodist" he said.
He lived in one of the small villages on the outskirts of Nadi. As we drove past he showed us his home a single storey weatherboard with a corrugated roof. It looked no bigger than a three bedroom sized house in Australia, in which he told us 9 people lived; his wife, his four children, and three grandchildren lived in the house.
Two of his daughters work at the Sofitel, and one is at boarding school in Suva. One of his sons is concentrating on a rugby career. I mentioned that Fijians are very good Rugby players, and have some very fast wingers.
He said, "Yes, Joe Rokocoko (The current All Blacks Winger) is from the next village".
Silence, whilst he digested we didn't have kids - must be very strange to him - those poor people he must be thinking.
Don’t loiter too much downstairs at the airport (it’s too hot) proceed through the security to the considerably cooler upstairs departures. There are duty free shops, and some food shops, but I would not recommend eating prior to arriving at the airport.
A husband and wife were the pilots of our Pacific Blue 737 fight to Sydney, I wonder if they have an argument does she pull rank, "I don't think so - I'm the Captain!”
There were no complimentary meals, drinks or television screens, although can rent a portable television monitor for twenty dollars called a digEplayer to watch movies, TV programs, and music. It's actually quite fun, and better quality than the usual monitors on the seats. I don't mind missing out on the usual free drinks and airline food, because the low price of the airfare - only $380.
I like Pacific Blue, the service is excellent, they are on time, and the most important, for an airline, they get you to your destination.
