The Best Scuba Vacation in the World.
Scuba Jedi and Paradise In Fiji are happy to invite you to the best scuba vacation in the world…. you and your best friend / partner or dive buddy can enjoy the most amazing and luxurious holiday in the world.
| 7 Nights in the most amazing resort in Fiji – FREE….. |
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| You and your friend / dive partner / boyfriend or girlfriend… staying in a 5 Start Fijian Bure:
Enjoying and relaxing here: |
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| Eating the most fantastic Fijian Cuccine… feasting like Kings… |
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| Relaxing from the 9 to 5…. with spa treatment…. |
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| Happy to cover ALL activities, ALL dives, ALL Spa treatments, ALL food, ALL non-alcoholic beverages, internet, laundry. All they pay for is alcoholic drinks and gift shop items, plus tickets for 2 from Nadi to Taveuni !!!! |
These are the rules of the Best Scuba Holiday
To get involved in the contest you need to loooove writing and Diving…
During your amazing stay at Taveuni, we expect you to blog your experiences and write about staying with us…. so mainly you need to be able to write about diving.
That’s why we want to be sure the winner of this amazing package can actually WRITE , DIVE and have the BEST time.
We want the winner to be someone with a great personality , generous enough to invite his best diving buddy…. and have a great, great personality.
So…
to be part of the contest you need to write 2 Articles about Scuba Diving.
1 article about General diving … things you love about diving…
and 1 specific article about:
Why You deserve the win the Best Scuba Vacation in the world.
Each article needs to be unique, original and contain at least 400 words.
These articles need to be submitted to team@scubajedi.com
If you need ideas and inspiration about The Best Scuba Holiday in the World, check
www.paradiseinfiji.com and just imagine yourself enjoying the best
The Winner will be the best Writer… so don’t forget that to be part of this contest… you need to be write about it !
Bula from Allan & Terri in Paradise,
We want to let you know about the BEST holiday / vacation destination around.
Paradise Taveuni is our resort and it has the best of everything – great weather, excellent food, luxury bures, spectacular ocean views and water sports and the friendliest people in the world looking after you. Not only will you fall in love with Taveuni, you will fall in love with the people and their culture.
When we decided to build Paradise 3 years ago, we wanted our Guests to experience ‘Real Fiji’. So when you stay with us in Paradise, you will enjoy the ‘traditional Fijian’ ways of doing things. On arrival you will welcomed with a fresh salusaslu (floral lei) and big BULA from our team. Then you receive a chilled green coconut and refreshing towel to cool you down after your trip. Once you are checked in, we show you around the grounds and familiarize you with the resort facilities, so you don’t miss out on anything. Once you arrive at your Fiji Bure, our delightful massage girl will give you a welcome foot rub to ensure total relaxation. From then it’s up to you want you want from your holiday / vacation.
We built the 10 Fijian Bures with the Fijian architecture in mind and you will find thatched bure roofs with intricately woven ceilings. The local village of Vuna supplied the manpower and know-how for these, ensuring the bures are cool with plenty of airflow though the wooden louvers and stay cool with tiled floors throughout. With king beds in all private bedrooms, spacious lounge and modern bathroom, you cannot forget the Fiji essential – out door shower in a private tropical Garden. All Oceanfront Bures also have a Jacuzzi – perfect for Honeymooners or those who just want to relax. Each bure has a sun deck complete with Fiji Daybed to enjoy a good book or have an afternoon nap.
There is so much on offer – scuba diving, snorkeling, swimming, kayaking, fishing, jet skiing, boat trips, hiking tours, cultural walks, Waterfall day trips, village visits, rainforest hikes, mountain treks, wild boar hunting, horse riding, bird watching and of course there is the Oceanfront Spa, designed to relax and rejuvenate you. Don’t forget the countless deck chairs and hammocks for your enjoyment.
You will also experience ‘Fiji night’ during your stay which is a cultural day / night dedicated to the people of this island. Weave a basket with Maikeli, our local guide, which later we use to put the Fijian Feast in when it is taken from the ground. See our grounds team prepare the lovo (earth oven) and wrap the fresh meats and local vegetables and place them on the hot stones. This is then covered with leaves to lock in the heat to smoke and steam the food. During the day you can learn to speak Fijian, learn to tie your Sulu (colourful cloth) and later watch as we take the food from the lovo, were it is placed into the kitchen for service to your table. Join us for the Fijian Feast with our Guests and Managers on a long family table and get to know each other. During dinner, Maikelli will show you how to slice flesh from a coconut and tell you interesting facts about the preparation of the food.
After dinner you are invited to the Paradise Meke (dance) performance by our local staff and nearby villagers. This lively presentation gives you an insight into the culture of the Taveuni people. Family and friends of our will join you for the performance, singing and dancing. A Kava ceremony follows and you are again invited to try this local drink – if you dare.
The food is another highlight of your stay as Allan is an internationally trained Chef and insists that the menus include fresh, local, mostly organic produce. Incorporating the local styles of cooking into his more traditional methods has proved rewarding and Paradise is known to have one of the best Restaurants in the South Pacific. Dietary requirements are catered to and Allan will design a dish to meet you specifications, should you wish. Don’t forget about our Indulgent Seafood dinner! A 4 course seafood delight featuring fresh Taveuni Lobster for your mail course.
We know that your holiday / vacation in Paradise will be one of the best times you have had and once you discover the beauty of the land and it’s people, you will return again and again.
Looking forward to welcoming you to Paradise soon.
Vinaka,
Allan & Terri
PARADISE TAVEUNI
http://www.paradiseinfiji.com
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So… I’ve been on land for some time and I’m bored out of my skull. Obviously I don’t have much to write about since all I’ve done is recovering from my sinus infection. Anyways; I’ve had some time on my hands and a few thoughts has passed through my head even though I’ve been trying to avoid brain activity all together. One of those thoughts was of mathematic nature. Now, when I resort to philosophy in mathematical terms it’s normally a supreme sign that I need to get something to do, not to turn into something like John Nash in “A Beautiful Mind”.
To get the same amount in my bank account after tax as I get in my hand here my salary before tax in Sweden would be around 2.000€. That’s not a lot of money so here comes a few additional calculations. All of these numbers are calculated salary after tax!

Hisham (owner of the liveaboard boat) had called me the night before and told me that he’d be picking me up at 6pm so I calculated that we would be in Marsa Alam around 9pm. I then entered that information into the part of my brain that’s converting and adjusting to Egyptian reality and concluded that it was more likely to be: Picked up at 6:30pm and arrive in Marsa Alam around 9:30. At 9:30 we had not yet left Hurghada. That’s actually about the time Hisham decided that getting the car washed before getting out on a 3 hour drive through the dusty desert would be a good idea. Now we could finally get on our way into the arid region. Luckily I was alone in the back seat so I could stretch out and sleep.
However, Rafael is like a big Teddy bear, the nicest person you’re ever likely to meet and he’s totally ok with our decision not to let him dive the more challenging dives. I would like to meet the instructor who certified Rafael as a CMAS***, even as a CMAS* actually. I often hear from CMAS divers how PADI is an organisation that spews out crap divers that are dangerous for themselves and others. Well… Yeah… What ever… On top of all this Rafael managed to fall down the stairs on his way to his cabin, bang his head in a doorpost so bad that he almost passed out plus getting a stomach infection so bad the last day that we had to go back to shore before we had a chance to make the last dive to get him to the hospital. For a while I was convinced that unfortunate Rafael had boarded our boat to die. Well, he survived but I think it’s safe to say that this was not Rafael Cordoba Almela’s week.


Fortunately we had a week on land due to lack of bookings, so the theory and confined water training was easily completed with help from Theresa (my colleague on the boat) acting as a victim. We had a great time and since Ashleigh worked as a life guard at a swimming pool, prior to coming out to Egypt, she also had some interesting input for us to pick up.
I’m thinking “Huston, forget that other thing”! Ashleigh and I are both back on the platform in 20 seconds. It turns out that the poor guy (read clumsy guy) got entangled in the line while deploying his Surface Marker Buoy and got dragged to the surface from 5-6 metres with a speed way quicker than the recommended 18 metres/min. This is not a life-threatening situation but tagging along the modus operandi “better safe than sorry” we administrate oxygen. Ashleigh gets to participate in a sharp situation that we otherwise would have to act out. Even if you never wish for things like this to happen I have to admit I give fate at least 10 points for the timing… Awesome!
However, the wind has now picked up to the point where the north plateau is no longer an option and the current will give us no option than to drift the north east side where the waves are breaking over the reef with such ferocity that it would be very difficult, if not impossible to get back in the Zodiac. I decide to cancel the first dive, tagging along the modus operandi “better safe than sorry”. All guests agree with me after I explain the situation and we sit down for breakfast. The wind keeps picking up and after serious consideration involving a discussion with the guests Captain Mustafa and the crew let the moorings slide and we head towards more merciful dive sites closer to land. I feel that there is no need to push our luck. The scenario that might be the outcome of diving in these conditions could be a little bit more than we desire for the Rescue Course. It’s time to leave The Brother Islands, 10 points to me for good timing.