October 12th and 13th – Travel, Flight reminiscent of 1978 to Savusavu, Savusavu, James Rentals, House of Bamboo, Planter’s Club
October 12th and 13th (Days 1 and 2 – Travel, Flight reminiscent of 1978 to Savusavu, Savusavu, James Rentals, House of Bamboo, Planter’s Club): We left the house about 2:30 PM, no traffic problems and no troubles getting to LA except that the catering company did not bring the food! We got no pretzels on the flight and Jim and Pam didn't get their Turkey sans. In LA Rod and I got chicken sans at the Chicken Guy... very good but spendy. Our flight to Fiji took off about 1/2 hour late. All in all it was a good flight. I was sleeping very well when they woke us up! We arrived in Nadi a bit late... we had a pretty short connection for our flight to Savusavu, so we were nervous. However, we made it through Immigration and Customs in time. The flight to Savusavu was very similar to our flight 47 years ago... I think the plane was smaller! They did weigh our luggage and us again! We've got our seats changed... probably weight distribution! (There were some big people on our flight). Good flight over the bush of Viti Levu and the ocean. Unfortunately, only one of our bags made the flight! We were told they would come on a later flight... our car rental (James Rentals - directions) met us at the airport. Our car was not ready so we had a substitute. We did the paperwork (Rod did it) at their office then we were off to our place! We found our place (House of Bamboo – directions) fairly easily... only drove by at once! There are lots of stairs up to our villa! Luckily, Jen, the owner, has a helper (Cecil/Shel) To help. He is 19! It was about 11:30 AM when we got settled. I took a shower! Rod was upset about the luggage. We took a nap for about 1.5 hours. Then, off to town. We were supposed to switch cars at 2:00, so we headed into town to do some business. Rod went to get a SIM card for his phone, Jim and I exchanged some ilavo (money). Then to the grocery store and market. We got our car and came back to the villa. The last flight of the day came in at about 3:50. So we headed back to the airport, Rod & I. Jen was already there with our bags! Yay! She and Cecil delivered them to the villa. We went to dinner at the Planter's Club – directions. Local place, good food and good price! Then to bed!
