2026 Fiji to Tahiti Cruise
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Pre-Cruise Day 1 — On Our Way to Fiji
So begins our South Pacific cruise. More than a year ago my dad booked a Fiji cruise with some friends of his for October 2026. We were looking to travel to Ireland during that time, so we crossed it off our travel plans to join them. Earlier this year our Ireland plans were changed to…
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Pre-Cruise Day 2 — Happy National Fiji Day
We arrived in Nadi (pronounced with an unwritten “n” that makes it rhyme with candy or con-dy), Fiji, at about 6:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 10, after leaving Iowa at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 8 (recall that we time-traveled via the International Date Line). With very little sleep in the past 24 hours, we…
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Pre-Cruise Day 3 — A Tour Around Nadi
The five of us, Sandy, David, Dad, Tony, and I had breakfast at Koro, one of the three resort restaurants and confused the staff by ordering à la cart from the menu rather than doing the breakfast buffet. We may be the only people at the resort who did not get the all-inclusive breakfast. But,…