Bula from Fiji!

Coral reefs and green islands

A Bula welcome!

Our next spot another set of islands in The Pacific. We flew into Nadi on the island of Viti levu, the largest in Fiji, the capital of Fiji, Suva, is on this island. There are over 1,000 islands in Fiji but only 106 are inhabited. There is only one other large island Vanua Levu. The islands are scattered over The Pacific  Ocean in an area 5 times the size of The UK. Bula means hello and welcome in Fijian, the main language. English and Hindi are the other languages. Like Hawaii the islands are all volcanic, rising from the floor of the ocean during eruptions thousands of years ago. Coral reefs have had longer to grow around Fiji and every island has coral reefs surrounding it. Fiji has more than a quarter of the coral reefs of The South Pacific. Our flight was delayed but a hurricane warning, it turned into a tropical storm but was a bumpy ride. Hurricanes occur between latitudes 5 and 20 on either side of the equator when the water temperature is over 27 degrees. With the warm water and coral we hope to spend a lot of time snorkeling.