What did you actually DO in Fiji?

[HotI]

i didn't like Fiji. i usually get shot down when i say that cos most people love it. We didn't stay at a resort, just a hotel on the main island. The beach nearby was dirty sand and not that appealing. Better beaches in Victoria. We also like to get out and about when we visit a new country. In Fiji, the 'culture' that we got to see was just seediness and scammy. We have travelled through Asia quite a bit (Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore), and experienced the usual people begging or trying to sell their wares. This doesn't worry us, we love having a chat to randoms wherever we are. But in Fiji, although we tried a few times, we never had good experiences trying to get amongst the locals. We were able to hire a motorbike one day and that was fun seeing some physical sights, but the people held little appeal.

I can see the appeal if you were on a resort and into doing resort things, but that s it. Where else is on your list?

[fionas]

I haven't been but a few friends have - some with kids, some without.

Those without kids seemed to spend most of their time by the pool/eating/drinking. Those with kids seemed to do the same but put their kids into the kids club.

Not my cup of tea.

HOWEVER, Bali sounds more appealing. I've only been once pre-kids and I liked it a lot because you can do the bogan Aussie thing/vegemite toast for breakfast/speak English the whole time/sit by the pool/shopping and/or you can get out of the main centres to much smaller, less touristy places.

[Amaunet]

We went last year with a big family group. We stayed at Denaru- close to Nadi. We did a day trip boat ride to a gorgeous sand island with snorkeling and glass bottom boat ride. We also did a day trip and river ride (jet boat) to a village where we had a traditional kava ceremony and lunch, village tour etc, we loved this! We also did the usual shopping, hanging by the pool etc. The (big) boys played golf and visited the driving range, kayaked and para sailed, went deep sea fishing. I visited the day spa My boys were too little for kids club.