slowly but surely the date of my departure is creeping ever closer. Once it seemed quite a long way off, but 40 days? that’s nothing!

On the plus side I have made some great progress on planning in recent days.

I examined my financial situation and found it to be good to great (the great part came when I realized my estimates for food and so on were a bit high, and that I was calculating them all out in Canadian funds – huzzah for favorable exchange rates!), looked at options for accommodation (anyone been to Fiji and want to recommend a place? they all look fantabulous), made lists, and made some purchases that allowed me to make checkmarks on said lists.

I’ve still got some work to do, but narrowing down choices, making decisions and investigating options have got the ball rolling, which means that I’m able to tackle this in much more digestible chunks rather than trying to plow through the entire trip in one sitting.

So seriously… Fiji, any input here? I’ve narrowed it down to Nadi (near the airport and the coast) but there are still over 20 to choose from.