My First Impressions of FIJI in the South Pacific
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 เม.ย. 2023
- My first day exploring the tropical island paradise of Viti Levu, Fiji in the South Pacific. If you need a taxi or want to go on a day tour you can contact my driver at 679-786-2364 (that number includes the country code for Fiji).
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"Free Country" by Wanna Beat
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"Tango in Mumbai" by Quincas Moreira
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"Island Dream" by Chris Haugen
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"Cast of Pods" by Doug Maxwell
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"Sunrise Drive" by South London HiFi
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Gabriel is a world traveler and travel writer who has been adventuring around the world off and on since his first trip to Europe in the summer of 1990 when he was 18 years old. He is author of "Gabe's Guide to Budget Travel", "Following My Thumb" and several other books available on Amazon.com and elsewhere.
Thanks a lot for watching and safe journeys!
That sunset was spectacular
Woohoo 87 countries, Gabriel ⭐🕊️🌟☀️🌷🙌 Amazing sunset😊 what a kind and knowledgeable driver. Fiji looks so lush and green ☀️🌷🙌
Hello, Gabriel!! Just another thank you for all the work you put into producing these beautiful videos 🙏🙏❤️ Feeling stuck in the suburbs in America, some days they are the only thing that helps me keep my sanity, you are awesome 👏🏻👍🏻😘
I was stuck like you and moved to Mexico and started my TH-cam channel and happy now.
@@DougPVlogs You make enough from the TH-cam to not have to work a wage slave job?
@@DougPVlogs Check this Cali guy out sailing around Fiji - th-cam.com/video/ze1Ff0NqWvY/w-d-xo.html
Got lucky with the weather, I think it's the tail end of the rainy season there
Yes its coming to an end for Cyclone Season in Fiji.
17:18 kudos to you for referring that taxi driver Gabe and giving a kind workingman his due 👍👏👏
Wow, what a great sunset!
I wouldn't say that you are lucky because I see there's quite a bit of work in producing these great videos. Nonetheless, I'm envious and feeling improved that I get this great view of Fiji just my sitting on my duff for a while at lunch time.
Yup, you are out there creating your own luck and I'm appreciating your efforts and success.
I'd often thought that I'd endure those long flights and islands of isolation just to see some if these great pacific isle vistas. Those gardens are really amazing. It seems like it would really be worthwhile to just quit a boring bank job and go there and paint for a few years, or something. 🌲😎🌲
That large Hindu temple is the Sri Siva Subramaniya Temple, which is built in a Dravidian (South Indian) style rather than North Indian. Interestingly most Indo-Fijians are descendent of North Indians from Bihar.
Hi Raz can i ask where are you from?I'm Curious 🤔
@@living_peace UK
So happy to see you there! You are the one who motivated me to make videos and I also went to Fiji, in November!
The Garden of the Sleeping Giant was started by the late actor Raymond Burr (Perry Mason, Ironsides) and his house he shared with his partner is nearby and is now a restaurant. Better beaches are at Denarau Island, about 10 mins from Nadi, use to cost $1 on the Bula bus to go to Denarau from Nadi. Australia is the largest provider of foreign aid to Fiji, approx $88 million which goes to support ventures such as APTC (The Australian Pacific Training Coalition) for trade training. Taveuni is my favourite island in Fiji, so pretty, the International Dateline runs through it.
Thanks for the info !
I used to watch every Perry Mason on TV, and later Ironsides !
@@charlottethien3749 look up The Fiji Orchard, that was his former home. When I was leaving Fiji after a six month stint working there, for my farewell I was taken there for dinner. It is absolutely stunning, very peaceful.
South Sea Island is really cool. Amazing water. Also Blue lagoon island resort is where they recorded the old movie called blue lagoon. A really cool cave with fresh water
The first Hindu temple I ever saw was this one in Nadi. Very mind expanding.Glad you are finally in Fiji and there are many island nations still to go.
Nice! Looking forward to this snack of a video!
Its lovely to visit Fiji and enjoy nature itself.
purple sunsets breathtaking
Great content here. Great hearing the cab driver's info
And it's my season to watch your vlogs dear Gabriel , already enjoying🥇🥇
Gabe thank you for all the videos
Gorgeous gardens!
Best travel vids here. Thanks Gabe!
I completely agree !
The main tourist hotel and condo area in Nadi is at Denaru these days. The older hotels at Smugglers Cove are usually used by budget travelers and back packers. If I am passing through Nadi for a few days, I like the hotel just across the road from the airport. I can walk there with my wheel bag and I can catch the local buses out front to go into Nadi town or Lautoka. There are also long distances buses, e.g. to Suva, that leave from the domestic area of the airport. My favorite place to visit in Nadi is the local produce market.
Gabe, you can't leave Fiji without trying kava! You can book a tour that includes a kava ceremony. Let us know how you feel afterwards 😊😊
Awesome vlog! Great presentation. Gabriel’s vlogs are always fun and interesting to watch. I like the way he is very humble and has an excellent style of narration. I am addicted to his vlogs. Greetings from Plano, Texas, United States.
so awesome to hear from the local. thank you so much for sharing
Beautiful😊, one of the best sunsets I've seen.
BULA! I love Fiji. I hope to return someday.
Cool video Gabe. Nice looking Temple and the Rainforest walk was amazing. However the best part of the video was the HUGE BEER :)
That sunset...
You need to take more time and visit the outer islands, Taveuni or even Lau.
Nice video on Fiji. So much greenery there. Nice beaches. Consider visiting Newzealand also which is nearby and a beautiful country
Recent subscriber and loving your posts.! 👍
Its awesome you made it to visit Fiji🎉
I definitely agree. 😊😎
❤❤put this place on a bucket list. ❤❤gorgeous sun set❤❤❤
For those who like visiting Temples there is one south of Sydney in Helensburgh, the Hindu Sri Venkateswara Temple. A Buddist Temple, the Nan Tien, is located around an hour further south in the suburb of Berkeley, Wollongong.
😊 I would love to visit! So pretty and green.
Nice Video about Fiji ❤Gabriel
Palau looks amazing
The juice looks refreshing 16:57 . 🥤
Gabriel, wow so beautiful Island. we are waiting next video. Enjoy your adventure be safe. chaos
Great scenery Gabe 👍🏻 such a beautiful part of the world, nice job 👍🏻😎 safe travels to Hawaii dude
Let make a trip together
I forget to say how much I like your shirt. The pattern and colours on it are brilliant.
And, all really suit your skin tone.
Always on the go
colorful sunset, nice greenery, 'no racism here'... - that's my takeaways, great video, man
At least one of their military coups was entirely based on racism.
Whilst in Fiji, Gabriel, you got to try drinking Kava. It is a drink that makes you feel high and is made from the ground roots of a plant found in the South Pacific. It is totally legal in Fiji, although I wouldn't advise you to take it to America, as it maybe banned there.
On some of smaller islands I remember the kava, BBQ, playing volleyball with the locals, eating amazing pineapples, drinking beer, great beaches (watch out for the dangerous fish you can stand on??) and great walks to watch the sunsets.
Wow, Charlton Heston at the end !
I stayed at smuggler's cove too. How did I miss you. I miss those cute stray dogs at the restaurant 😢
nice shot of the sunset. I hope all is well, noticing you haven't posted in a couple days
It’s fully greeeeeeen, Fiji, so you chose right colour💚 for your intro pic🤛👏
Had a stopover there on the way to New Zealand. It was the time of year for the annual monsoon rains so no wonder it is so green.
Awesome video brother really enjoyed it! I really wanted to make NZ and Fiji after leaving Australia but just didn't work out. Next time! So for now I live it vicariously through you 💪
Nice Video we have a huge Fijian population here in California and growing. Fiji is a really nice place to visit and also you will find the most friendliest people ever.
Why would Fijians be moving to California? I thought millions were fleeing from California. California is a "Socialist State" while Fiji is an Independent Sovereign Country. I live in WA. state and am working toward moving to Fiji to retire and I don't 'plan on coming back. "Bula!"
Consider slowing down the camera work to truly take in the flowers and beautiful scenery in gardens. Savory the landscape and lush trees. So lovely! Breath in the beauty. 😊
Yeah good suggestion
Love these thumbnails gabriel ❤
Just realised that it was exactly 30 years ago - April 1993 that I was in Fiji! Nadi then Beachcomber island then Nukumbalavu (sp?)
2:06 I’m SHOCKED this is only your 87th country! Did not know that! ~Cara 😊
I bet that beer tasted good at the end for you Gabriel, 🍻
Congratulations Gabriel on your new country!! Always wanted to go there. I’m a big fan of the tv show Survivor and they shoot almost all their seasons around that area, and Vanuatu, west of you. They shot one season in the Cook Islands, east of you. Prost! ❤ 🥃
Fun fact: I applied for the second season of Survivor in 2000. No luck. I recorded a video for it, from what I remember it wasn't great, I wasn't used to being filmed and didn't know what to say.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos Honolulu is cooler I am trying to get over there
@@GabrielTravelerVideos how can I get there in Suva the capital? I am homeless and don't have any income it's bad. I'm only 6 hrs away please write back. Both of my biological parents were born in Fiji
Yes.... Figi 🎉❤
Looking at the beautiful green rainforest and lush jungle on Fiji Mr Traveler,who would actually think that the Planet was on the cusp of an ecological and environmental disaster ? Astonishingly beautiful and healthy paradise island ! The world could learn a few lessons from Fiji for sure ....
Hi good afternoon, seriously consider South Africa, I live in Western Cape Province, town called Paarl surrounded with the most beautiful mountain. The rest of South Africa including Namibia/Lesotho/ Botswana/Mozambique is a must to experience. Some of the best accommodation you will find, the South, East and West Coast are unbelievable beautiful.
Wowwww I love this Beautiful ❤️ Green Nature Environment of FIJI very Relaxing Place 😍 and Nice Drive Beautiful Scenery, Thank u so much sir Gabe, for your wonderful Walk around tour video stay safe Godbless from the Philippines 🇵🇭 sir Marvin 👏🙂🙏🙏👍👏👏
Yes, the outer Islands are the best places to stay in Fiji. Thats where the white sand beaches and swaying palm trees are. But so are the prices. The main island is like North Queensland minus the infrastructure.
2008 I was finishing my last Australia odyssey, had several. Decided to have a week in Fiji before returning to Europe. I was a bit chocked by a female aussie staff member at the airport in Fiji. She evidently thought I was returning to Au for another 3 months there. Nope, I wasnt
At 19:00. All that editing! I'm in awe. The music volume was much better too! :)
Great, good to hear.
FYI for travellers living near Vancouver: there are now direct nonstop flights between YVR and Nadi !!!
Did the Vancouver to Fiji stop years ago. It went via San Francisco and Hawaii as the 747s in use then did not have the range to do it in one flight. Went on to New Zealand later.
A friend of mine from Fiji who now lives in Canada has been telling me to go Vlog in Fiji so it is on my list.
Why would some from a tropical Island come to cold Canada 🇨🇦?
@@evelinholmes6401 Who knows, he came as a kid with his parents and has adapted well because he wears short pants most of the winter. LoL 🤣
@@evelinholmes6401 We have tons of people from tropical countries living in Canada to build a quality life which often is not possible in poorer tropical countries.
Go vlog there, however we'll be ignoring your self-promo attempt and keep watching Gabriel instead.
@@lanamortenson8694 Not self-promo. I have been watching and subscribed to Gabriel's excellent videos for years.
Looks nice... and no Crocs trying to digest you - BONUS!
Don’t forget the mosquitos 🦟
No Crocs just sharks and sea snakes.
@@northernstar4811Fiji does have crocodiles as well as sharks, sea snakes,, stonefish, jellyfish and cone snails, all capable of delivering painful stings or bites that can be fatal.
Hey Gabriel! Thanks for the awesome video. I am actually headed to Nadi in a couple weeks and i'm curious which hotel you are staying at? It looks great.
The Smuggler's Cove Beach Resort. Cool place. Not cheap , but seems there's nowhere cheap to stay around here.
I like this video.
Curious if a family has more than one son and all the families live together? Very interesting! Great tour Gabriel thank you! ~Cara 😊
My favourite parts of this video - tropical garden and indigenous dances on the end (with nice girls 🥰), especially latter seems so magical and mysterious to me as I also saw a Disney animated film Moana, based from that part of the world, Oceania (believing that it contains legends from bouth South and North Pacific Islands).
Those dancers seem more Hawaiian than Fijian, I think that was just for tourists. Fijian people look different to those girls.
@@barbdunne yes the dance is tahitian/cook islands not traditionally Fijian but the dancers are Fijians as Fijians now are a big mix comprising of ethnically Melanesians in some parts to Fiji polynesians to the east ( Lau Islands), vast descendants of white colonial settlers, Rotumans ( full polynesians but part of Fiji ) and Tuvaluans who have settled on Kioa and Kiribati islanders who make Rabi Island their home. Of course 40% of the population are Indian descent. So all the above plus marriages between the different sub groups are changing the face of the Fijian as opposed to other homogeneous island countries.
Please, visit some other Pacific countries, like Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Tonga, Samoa or some Micronesia countries. Love your videos.
French polynesia
Just wanted to add PNG to the list, Papua New Guinea, then checked that PNG is 4000 km from Fiji😉
@@danielawillbold880 Oh yeah, definitely. I forgot to put PNG.
Nadi is pronounce "nan-dee". Coming from someone who who Australian-Fijian and who has visited a handful of times 😊
Hi Gabriel!
When you plan to visit a new country, what resources do you use to plan your trip? How do you find where to go? Do you use specific travel guides, websites, etc.?
Looks similar to Hawaii islands. Thanks.
Super beautiful.
I wish you would show more pictures of the local people as well.
I completely agree ! And that goes for most or the travel youtubers !!!
Definitely agree
Fiji has some of the most spectacular underwater scenery in the world. Are you interested in taking a swim with your camera?
Fiji 🎉
Well, I hope prices get better or you're looking at similar or even more for accommodation than OZ.
Cool
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When departing my first stay in Australia, my flight stopped over in Fiji but I only got to see the airport duty free. So it is nice to see more of Fiji virtually!
How wonderful for you Eva, you had an airport stopover - highlight of your life I guess?
@@lanamortenson8694 Not really as the plane then stopped in Tahiti and since then I have traveled to every continent except Antarctica.
@@EvaOwen Nice one. you owned those trolls 🤣
@@EvaOwen Who cares where you have travelled, let alone your stopover in an airport is totally irrelevant. If you had a genuine interest in Fiji you would have gone beyond the walls of its airport. Not to mention this channel is Gabriel Traveler, not Eva's Story.
@@lanamortenson8694 At the time I didn’t know in advance I was stopping there and I didn’t have the financial capacity to visit Fiji. It’s Gabriel’s and not Lana’s decision what comments are appropriate on his channel as reactions to his videos.
It is interesting to see all the Indian influence in Fiji. Another island with such surprising Indian influence is Mauritius near Madagascar in Africa (there are even more than 50% of people Hindus, so it is even much greater Indian influence, also on the Southern Hemisphere), another tropical paradise with amazing coral reefs, clear-water beaches and mountains. I was fascinated by that land as I saw one of documentaries from there, here on TH-cam. But Fiji also looks good, nice.
I have a friend from Fiji and he is Muslim Indian (but has never been to India). He says I should go vlog for my channel in Fiji
I believe the British imported many Indian laborers to work on the sugar plantations as they could not get enough native Fijians to do the work. Relations between the two ethnic groups has been at times a bit bumpy.
Indians immigrated across the Brit empire. Why Trinidad, South Africa, Jamaica, etc have a lot of Indian families that have been in those places for generations. Btw Mauritius had a bad oil spill that messed up its beaches. I wonder if it’s clean up yet?
Your doppelganger is sitting here at this dinner joint in Phong Nha talking it up with some folks 😂
Cool.
Hope you get out of that hotel tourist trap asap. Go to Denarau and then to the small islands off the coast with turquoise waters and white sandy beaches. Enjoy.
That's exactly what you'll see in the next video.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos thanks . Happy travels !!!
Lot's of love from Muzaffarpur India
I was excited about Fiji but confused you were only showing me a taxi dash:( all of Fiji was outside the window😂Haha
Getting close to NZ Gabriel.. Are coming here?
Not this trip but hopefully in the near future, maybe next spring.
Cool place! What was in the juice? Just curious
It was a mix of all the good stuff, pineapple, orange, papaya, passionfruit, etc. Really tasty.
Next you should try Papua New Guinea (PNG)
The capital city in Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬 is a heaven for carjacking and robberies 😟
#love4fiji
Figi so beautiful country I am from india
what time did you leave australia
Cheers @ 19:07
Thanks man, cheers. ✌🍺
Great videos. I think Fiji looks a bit run down and unimpressive after the beaches and rainforests of Northern Australia.
Next video will show a much better side of the country.
Australian Beaches are too good . I'm someone who was born in Fiji and now live in Aust . The only difference is the water is too cold in Aust .
I m not very impressed with Fiji. Maybe we see some hidden jems on next videos. I loved your Australia & India ones btw! Thank you for letting us travel with you through your videos
This video alone sure doesn’t make it look worth the time, trouble and expense to go there but I suspect the best parts are on other islands.
Eaxacy what I thought . Not blown away by any means
If you drink Kava, you will think differently 😅
Most of mainland Fiji is a dump, the outer islands is where it’s at
@@peregrino9154 Thats what i think also
The best beaches are on the outer islands.
👍👍👍
Dreamy groovature.
Cool. 😊
Anyone who can name the 87 countries Gabriel has visited, will receive a nice prize 😊
good lord EXSPENSIVE!