Fiji 2: Paradise?

You go to Fiji and expect paradise and luxury. You expect cocktails served in coconuts and just a lazy life on the beach.

It is not like the pictures. Even though the nature is absolutely stunning, Fiji is not like in the pictures. You get beds with bedbugs, because they never change the sheets and you get ceiling that leaks rain water down in your bed. You only get cold showers, if a shower at all. Most of the day they turn of the electricity and water, because of a shortage of resources. And if you want something done you have to ask at least two times. And it is a lot of poverty there, it is especially visible on the mainland in the cities.

Fiji was not like we expected. It was rain season, so we had three whole days of heavy rain, the resorts were not the standard we expected and it was a lot more expensive than you'd think.

But, once you get over the fact that you have to take cold shower and sleep in a bed far less comfortable than the one you got home, Fiji is wonderful. It is different, and it is beautiful. I don't mind living backpacker style, but not when I expect something totally different.