- I don't think I'm ever gonna get over
those Fijian welcomes, but we've arrived
on a brand new island and this place is tiny.
It's like a little sanctuary off the mainland.
- [Stephen] Why are you so obsessed with coconut?
Is that a good one?
- Anytime someone offers it, I have to go for it.
- [Stephen] This is paradise, guys,
for the next few hours.
- Morning guys, and welcome back to Savusavu, here in Fiji.
We've just arrived at the airport,
and as you can see this airport is tiny.
It is basically a shack, a runway,
and then the ocean's just out there.
And today, we're flying to a brand new island.
- [Stephen] We weren't kidding when we said
the Savusavu International Airport is just this,
and people are just walkin' straight off.
They just pick up their bags there.
- [Jessica] Thank you.
- [Stephen] Thank you.
- Ready?
- [Stephen] Ready.
(upbeat music)
♪ One day you're undone ♪
♪ Right in a good spot ♪
♪ Then someday ♪
- Welcome to Suva.
♪ Lose all that you got ♪
♪ Say hey, then goodbye ♪
- Bag just arrived.
♪ Over 1000 times ♪
♪ Okay, it's like know this and you'll be fine ♪
This is kinda cool.
Did like a 10-minute taxi ride to just,
a river, with a little port,
and now we're jumpin' on a little speed boat
which will take us out to the island.
- Let's go.
(boat engine roaring)
(locals singing in foreign language)
(speaking in foreign language)
- [Jessica] Oh, thank you.
- [Stephen] Thank you.
Bula, nice to meet ya.
Thank you so much.
- [Jessica] Thank you.
- [Stephen] Thank you so much.
- That's so nice.
I don't think I'm ever gonna get over
those Fijian welcomes,
but we've arrived on a brand new island.
We're staying at Toberua Island Resort,
and this whole resort is on the island.
So we took a boat out, and this place is tiny.
It's like a little sanctuary off the mainland.
And we've arrived at our little
beach shack, I would call it.
So it's kind of like a Fijian beach hut,
all open to air, so at the moment we currently got, I guess,
in our front yard, which is right by the ocean.
And this is our traditional little hut.
- [Stephen] I just love how you can just walk
straight from the beach into this massive open plan, like.
- Or, if you don't want to walk straight into your room
like, if you've got sandy feet, or you're wet,
you can walk straight into your outdoor bathroom.
- [Stephen] Oh, this is cool.
I like how there's just, all the little rocks on here.
- And then you can go straight through here,
and then if you walk all the way
it leads back into your room.
It's like one big open hut.
- So cool.
♪ It'll help you get together when you're feelin' alone ♪
♪ Make you feel happy, remind you of home. ♪
♪ Make you wanna get up, get out, go ♪
♪ Look at what love can do. ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, all the things, all the things, ♪
♪ All the things I love ♪
(locals singing in foreign language)
Nice to meet you.
Glad to meet you.
(speaking in foreign language)
Thank you, thank you.
So, this afternoon we've actually jumped on
just the little boat that's at the resort
and driven out to another little local island here.
There is a local Fijian village
and we've come to visit
and also partake in the kava ceremony.
Look what they presented to us.
On arrival. - So cute.
- How nice is this?
(speaking in foreign language)
- [Jessica] Clap once.
- So at any Fijian tribe or village
before you can walk freely around the village,
you go and do a kava ceremony
and this is done by the head chief
and what they do is they present a kava
which is kind of like a root
and then he mixes it with water
and makes like a drink
and then you have to partake in the ceremony
and you drink the kava
and it kinda, to explain, it kinda tastes
like, (laughs), kinda tastes like a root
or a little bit of dirt
but it also numbs your mouth
so it's all about the sensation of the kava.
I have done it before
so I thought I would join in again this time
to experience it but now that we have done the ceremony,
we can freely be welcomed into the tribe
and we can walk around their village.
- I think so.
- [Jessica] Okay.
Oh yeah.
- You should try it, eh?
- [Jessica] Yeah.
(people laughing)
- [Stephen] It's a good one.
Why are you so obsessed with coconut?
Is that a good one?
- Any time someone offers it, I have to go for it.
(upbeat music) (singing in foreign language)
So you get to do the kava ceremony,
I get to do the afternoon tea ceremony, got my tea.
Got my snacks.
- [Stephen] And, how cool's that for afternoon tea?
- And they've been playing the best music.
I love it.
- [Stephen] Oh it's so good.
They're such good singers and guitarists here.
(singing in foreign language)
(mumbles) they've been drinking kava the entire time
we've been here for like a good hour and a half,
just handing it out.
(speaking in foreign language)
- [Jessica] Yummy?
- Yes.
- I'm sweating from all the dancing.
(upbeat music)
- [Stephen] We made a friend with a bird.
- He always comes to say hi to us.
(Stephen whistling)
Hello, buda.
(bird whistles)
He's our little bird.
Hi!
Bula.
♪ Anywhere you go, tell me what you find ♪
♪ Anything at all like you had of mine ♪
♪ Hate it when you act like I'll be fine ♪
♪ Baby what's your goal ♪
♪ What you have in mind ♪
- [Stephen] Good morning guys.
Wow.
This is literally a postcard perfect shot.
It almost looks like a screensaver.
- [Jessica] Hello.
- [Stephen] And this one.
- [Jessica] You're up.
- [Stephen] Has just decided to go
for a little morning sit.
- [Jessica] It's like a postcard.
- [Stephen] Enjoying your private pool?
(waves whooshing)
- So this morning we've jumped in a boat
and we have headed 30 minutes out
to an island called Picnic Island
and we basically have this whole place to ourself.
It is tiny.
It's just a little round sandbank
with a couple of palm trees, couple of birds
and we are surrounded by the most turquoise waters
I think I've ever seen.
- [Stephen] This is paradise, guys,
for the next few hours.
- Amazing.
We brought umbrellas, snacks, food, snorkel gear
so there's gonna be an amazing day.
- [Stephen] First taste of water.
Oh my goodness.
Wow.
(upbeat music)
Look at, Bob's just out there livin' her best life.
- [Jessica] Oh my gosh it's so nice.
- [Stephen] With that view out there
and this water is so clear.
Like, the one time the camera's actually doin' it justice.
- [Jessica] It's like a pool.
- [Stephen] This is so nice and refreshing.
- Look behind you, it's just this little island.
- [Stephen] Which I think will take two minutes
to walk around.
♪ The day's gonna look with the frame around it ♪
♪ Like a dream come true so glad we found it ♪
♪ Sunshine through the windowpane ♪
♪ Hear music when you speak my name ♪
♪ There's a rhythm of a life here in the moment ♪
♪ So let's own it ♪
♪ It's gonna be a good day ♪
♪ It's gonna be a good night ♪
♪ It's gonna be a good day ♪
♪ With you by my side ♪
♪ All we gotta do is wake up ♪
♪ All we gotta do is wake up now ♪
♪ That's the part with the shake up ♪
♪ Shake it up, pass it all up ♪
- We've had the most entertaining day
from the marine life.
First of all, when we went snorkeling we found
like 50 Dorys and I don't think we've ever swum
with Dorys before so that was pretty cool
and we have made a little crab friend.
We've called him Mr. Krabs.
And he is terrified of our GoPro
and the moment that he saw the GoPro,
he actually put his pincers up ready to attack.
And it was the funniest thing we've ever caught.
- [Stephen] The island life, get entertained super easily.
He was like diggin' his hole.
While he was diggin' his hole
we were like that's just too entertaining so.
- We need to put the GoPro down
and then when he came back up he was like what is that?
- That was so cool.
- [Jessica] So, seeing as it's called Picnic Island
we've got ourselves a little picnic underneath our umbrella.
- They've cooked up a feast for us
and this is such a nice way to have lunch.
If I ever don't know where Jess is,
just look for the coconut and look for the water.
♪ It's a hard pill to swallow ♪
♪ Goes down quick, too quick to forget you wanted it ♪
♪ You wanted it ♪
Oh man, actually sad to be leaving this afternoon.
Like this, it's been the most relaxed both of us have been
this entire trip and it's just beautiful out here.
♪ And easily left behind ♪
♪ But never out of sight ♪
♪ I'm on your blindside, blindside ♪
♪ You're on my mind ♪
♪ Always the light that leaves me blind ♪
♪ I'm on your blindside, blindside ♪
♪ You're on my ♪
(wood tapping)
- It's quite nice, each night,
singers walk around each table
and they ask you what you wanna sing
and they'll sing whatever you want.
And I see some kids have just asked for Lion King.
(upbeat music)
(speaking in foreign language)
Do you wanna sing like your favorite local song?
(peaceful music)
- [Stephen] Every day I hear splish splashes outside
our little bungalow and this one's up
to some sort of adventure.
What are you doin' now?
- [Jessica] I found a long board.
- [Stephen] To be honest that looks.
- I'm not very good at it.
- [Stephen] I think it's called a stand up paddleboard.
- I was gonna try standin' but I feel
like I'm just gonna fall right in if I try.
- [Stephen] Don't fall, Jess that's not good.
You're like so at the front.
You're gonna fall in.
Hey, you did it!
- [Jessica] Do I look cool yet?
- [Stephen] You look very cool.
- [Jessica] I did it.
- Oh wow, still can't get over how clear the water is.
I am covered up because yesterday
at the little picnic beach,
we both got so red raw.
Last night was tough to sleep
because it was so sore so I'm covered up this time
because my lower back, I must've forgotten
to put sunscreen on because yeah,
it's a lobster down there guys.
It's a lobster.
Pure silence, you can literally just hear
the flying foxes sometimes.
Absolute paradise.
(peaceful music)
- Okay, so I may have just got a little bit excited.
Back, a couple of years ago
when we went to the Galapagos
I saw a bird called the blue footed booby
and it has become my favorite bird
and today I found out that here in Fiji,
that you can find the red footed booby
so we're gonna head out on a boat.
10 minutes away there's a bird sanctuary,
like an island just full of birds, and I've heard
that we could be seeing red footed boobies today.
They're the cutest birds.
- On the hunt for some boobies today.
So we've just arrived at Bird Island and wow,
it's kinda like this little tiny island
that's just been overgrown by nature.
Like, you can see the plants just cowering
into the ocean and there are boobies everywhere.
When we were in the Galapagos
I think we only saw maybe four.
- It was mating season or something different.
Or breeding season or something
where here they're just all out.
- They're all just chillin' and it's really cool.
It's like with most nature, the boys are really cool
because they're white, they have the blue bills,
and then the bright red feet
and that's what makes them so unique
and it's so cool 'cause there's so many of them
on this tiny little island
and they just don't seem to care that we're here.
They just have a little look,
continue on with their day.
Oh, thank you.
- Oh hello.
They're looking at us.
- [Stephen] Hey buddy.
- [Jessica] Scared to get bitten just in case.
Can you get some shots of it though
just don't go too close.
- So this island has sea snakes on it.
You can see the colors it's like a black and white stripes.
Our local guide was just telling us
that if you see sea snakes on the land,
it's actually a sign of bad weather
and yes we're in the tropics, it is raining
but it's kinda cool, we can just pop onto
this little part of the island
and see some up close of the boobies and the snakes.
You know a lot of Aussies come to Fiji
because at breakfast, there's been Vegemite for Jess
but for me, I've been able to sit back on a hammock
drinking my favorite Australian ginger beer
and it just adds to the whole experience.
- So now we are saying goodbye to the island
and they've actually given us a lei as they said goodbye
and they told us when we get in the boat,
what we need to do is take it off
and put it into the ocean
and if the lei comes back to the island
it means that we're gonna come back.
(upbeat music)
- [Stephen] Bye.
(men singing in foreign language)
- [Jessica] Bye!
Bye!
- Bye!
Another day, another tiny airport.
One more flight, guys.
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- Bye.