Sadly we prepare to say good-bye to this magnificent place and begin the 34 hour trek back home. The good news for us is that there are only 5 flights (vs. the original 7) to get us all the way back from Tonga to Fiji so 2 of those were behind us last Tuesday. Our first leg back is a 2 hour ferry ride,which ends up being a trip around the Fijian Islands, what a nice last treat. 
We pick up our flight to LAX at 10:00 PM Saturday Fiji time (I think that is around 5:00 AM on Saturday back home as we are once again crossing the dateline and will arrive in the good ole USA at 1:30 Saturday afternoon - we get our day back, yea!) Thanks to our wonderful kids we have a room in LA so that we don't have to spend our 11 hour layover in the airport. We are now trying to manage our eating and sleeping so we will be somewhat reacclimated by the time we reach NJ - good luck with that! We are hoping that the first class upgrades that took years to earn on our Visa cards will help.
We spent our final day (rainy of course - rain also cancelled the torch lighting last night so we will have to come back for that) sailing a Cat and getting a head and foot massage (complete with hot coconut oil drizzle for the road - do we really have to go home????) It's been an amazing and restful 2 weeks - thanks Joanne D for telling me it is not really a vacation unless you go for 2 weeks - AMEN!
Thanks to all who shared our journey and sent well wishes and comments via blog, e-mail and Facebook - we loved hearing from you. See you soon - Liz & Bob (aka Mom & Dad, Izzie and Cappy)
We pick up our flight to LAX at 10:00 PM Saturday Fiji time (I think that is around 5:00 AM on Saturday back home as we are once again crossing the dateline and will arrive in the good ole USA at 1:30 Saturday afternoon - we get our day back, yea!) Thanks to our wonderful kids we have a room in LA so that we don't have to spend our 11 hour layover in the airport. We are now trying to manage our eating and sleeping so we will be somewhat reacclimated by the time we reach NJ - good luck with that! We are hoping that the first class upgrades that took years to earn on our Visa cards will help.We spent our final day (rainy of course - rain also cancelled the torch lighting last night so we will have to come back for that) sailing a Cat and getting a head and foot massage (complete with hot coconut oil drizzle for the road - do we really have to go home????) It's been an amazing and restful 2 weeks - thanks Joanne D for telling me it is not really a vacation unless you go for 2 weeks - AMEN!
Thanks to all who shared our journey and sent well wishes and comments via blog, e-mail and Facebook - we loved hearing from you. See you soon - Liz & Bob (aka Mom & Dad, Izzie and Cappy)
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