Hidden Lizard , Fiji
By Ghostflite on 02-Jun-12. Waypoint GC3MP6K

The geo-widow and I are holidaying in Fiji (again) and today we were driving from Pacific Harbour, where we've stayed for a week, to our new holiday "home" at Denarau Island. Naturally, the caches along the route were on my agenda for the day.

This one proved to be a straightforward find. On arrival at the resort, I checked with the girl at reception that is was OK to go for a walk around the place and when I mentioned I was looking for a geocache, I got a knowing giggle from her. The search for the prize then didn't take long ... indeed, when I fired up my GPSr, I was surprised to find I was pretty much at GZ with the result that I had the cache in hand in just moments. All is good here.

Thanks for this cache ghostflite, and for another Fijian smiley.

Overnight layover in Fiji. Was able to grab this quick cache. I wish I had a TB to leave.TFTC

Our first cache in Fiji at a very nice place. We will send from here our TB "Gabriele". We hope she will have a good journey through the World and will return to us in Nidderau, Germany

Greetings from TeamTka

on my way back to Nadi we past this resort, I ask the driver if we can stop for a moment so I could find this cache. Take out TB

Coral Coast Car-less Caching (Part 2 of 2)

2 Caches, 1 Afternoon, 5 Different Vehicles, about 100km travelled. Total cost $9.80 Fijian.

After finding "Coral Coast" I had one more cache on the hit-list for the afternoon. The internet now tells me that it was about 20km from "Coral Coast" to the "Hidden Lizard". I ended up travelling a bit further thanks to a very helpful bus driver.

Transport Method 4 - A small local bus. Cost = $3 Fijian. Distance Travelled 35km (?)

I was walking away from "Coral Coast" cache and saw a little mini bus cruising along the street. I flagged him down and asked "Are you heading back to the main road?" as I jumped on board.

He travelled around the various streets dropping off passengers and then asked me where I was going once I got to the main road. I explained that I need to get to the Gecko Resort near the Shangri-La entrance. "I am going that way after I pick up some more passengers" he said and encouraged me to stay on board. I grabbed a seat up the front and he pointed out some villages and roadside attractions along the way. We went East for a bit and headed into the village of Vatukarasa to pick up some more passengers. We were heading West again and then took a few detours via some local roads to grab some more passengers before arriving at the major riverside township of Sigatoka. I was about to get off but the driver said he was still continuing on further towards Nadi so I stayed on board. I looked at my GPSR and surely enough there was still a fair way to go. Another 10km of bus travel later and I was standing at the front driveway of the Shangri-La.

I wandered over the road to the Gecko resort passing a taxi driver along the way. He quoted me about $100 Fijian to get back to my resort (now over 40km away) but I pointed to the nearby bus stop and told him that I would catch a bus instead.

I headed over to the Gecko Resort grabbed the cache and then investigated the transportation options for going East again.

Transport Method 5 - A mini van. Cost = $2 Fijian. Distance Travelled 11km

I have to admit to not getting into the first mini-van that turned up as I was expecting a full sized bus. A couple of other people jumped in and as soon as he could pry the sliding door (which was refusing to slide) closed with a crow bar he headed off. One of the bloke from the Shangri-La resort was also waiting so I asked him about the minivans. It would cost a couple of dollars to get back to Sigatoka and there were plenty of larger buses there that I could catch. The next min-van that came along scooped us up and soon I was in Sigatoka near the markets.

Transport Method 6 - A big "express" bus. Cost = $2.80. Distance travelled 32km.

I wandered into the markets and had a look around. There was plenty of fruit and veggies to choose from as well as some tiny little stalls selling jewelry and trinkets. A bloke wanted to sell me some necklaces so I thought I would see if I could get a good price on something for my wife. I talked him down $13 to $25 for a necklace but still don't know if I got a bargain or not. A bus pulled up outside and it said "Express" so I jumped on board and paid $2.80 for the trip of over 30km back to the resort. The "express" bus wasn't really that much of an "express" as it's next stop was a school and it was soon filled with adult and kids who were to be dropped off at over 20 different stops along the way.

The bus stopped in front of the resort just before 5pm. I had been travelling around for just under 5 hours , found 2 caches and travelled over a hundred kilometers for $9.80 in Fijian dollars. A very memorable afternoon. Thanks for the cache Ghostflite.

Find number 1902.... so here is something you didn't know (or maybe did know) about 1902...... Ansel Adams was born on the 20th of February 1902. He was a well known photographer and environmentalist. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansel_Adams

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Great exhibition. Greetings from Finland. Thank you for the cache!

My fourth find in Fiji!

Unfortunately met a short stumbling block upon arrival as the 'new' staff member on reception had no idea what i was talking about and mangement were away for a week! Eventually found some other staff who knew exactly what the story was, and i gained access to GZ. Cache was a quick find, and everyone was very friendly (as usual of course ).
Found after a work-related visit to Fiji Cement in Lami, and a long drive back to Nadi on the Queen's Road. An interesting cacheing experience for sure.

Swapped a 'Geologo traveller' GC for the resident 'Hollywood' GC.

TFTC!

Found with GrimRaider on a drive down the Coral Coast. We had a nice wander around this lovely resort and had an iced coffee for morning tea. Staff were great and knew all about the cache. Nice one Fiji and TFTC Dropped a TB

TFTC. SL TNLN Our first find in Fiji. We walked the .62 miles to the hide from our hotel in The ShangriLa in the rain. We took the last coupon for a free beverage, but we ended up not using it because we could not get a reservation for dinner as they were all booked up for night and the next night.
GreenDiamond

Wow!!! Now we also got a cache in Fiji Thanks so much - for hiding, for showing the interesting place and even for choice of such a beautiful hotel for our last Fiji night. Geocache finding us great place to stay - so funny. Without this cache we would have never end up here staff is great and although raining we just had a swim in pool and will enjoy the free drink at the bar now. We love Fiji, countryside, sea, birds, sounds, pure nature and especially the warm welcoming, polite people and their culture! We found something in this country within seven days, which we didn't found during a 35 days travel through USA! Love to stay longer but flight to Sydney will depart tomorrow. But plan to come again on way back home. Bula vinaka. Team Tinwolf

We started in the morning from our hotel at Nadi on a two day tour to the Coral Coast. This was the first cache for the day. We parked the car outside the resort and walked in to the nice garden. The cache was quickly found and logged.
Thanks for the cache and greetings from two Swedish cachers.

Took the opportunity to get our first overseas cache while in Fiji on a family holiday. Took an early morning walk from the Shangri La Resort. Easy enough find once at GZ, as there was no one around. Had a look through the Bure at some of the traditional weapons which were very interesting.

We had had an awesome time in Fiji and hope to be back in the future.

TFTCSL

Found it with Gandalfred. Tyftc

Bula to everybody! Staying at geckos resort for about 2 weeks with my gf we realized during our breakfast that there is a Cache located only 50m away from our morning table. What a surprise.!! so we decided to finish the bf quickly to Start the Hunt. After 5min of searching we found the little box in good condition and logged the Cache. We added some Euro Coins cause our home location is Germany and added an additional ballpen We took out 2 aussie Coins.
We are enjoying our stay at geckos so much. It really is a secret Spot on the fiji islands to relax and the whole staff from geckos makes your holiday to an unforgettable event. Thanks so much for being here. Vinaka.
Now enjoying the cool Drink voucher at geckos bar which we found in the Small Cache box too
Cheers mates. Tftc.
PS. When you log the Cache please say greetings to the whole geckos staff from Steven and Brigit
PS. The fireshow at geckos every friday and sunday is a must to join..... Bula

BULA!!! Our one and only geocache in Fiji. We were staying across the road at the Shangri La, so I took a screen shot of the Hidden Lizard satellite map via their free WIFI and away we went. Locals were very friendly, told them I was there to photograph geckos!! Was very happy to find a good sized cache. Even happier to find the drink voucher!! Vinaka!! Swapped tbs. Thanks for the cache, only could get this one as I could walk to it.

Staying at the Shangri la so we walked to it. Wasn't too hard to find TFTC

~5pm King Jr

BULA

First time in Fiji on a holiday and this was our first cache in your country. Staying across the road in the other resort didn't keep me down for long and was soon over the road to Gecko. My expectation was that this cache was to be our only cache on our holiday with airport to resort booked with return transfers didn't leave much room for exploring. As it happens we went on to get 2 others but that is part of another (as yet unwritten) log. Planning our trip from Melboure Australia, this was my trip primary target, my Queen's primary target was the beach and pool (I know priorities). So the day after, I made the walk over the causeway followed by some other Aussies returning to Gecko and had a good chat with them. My first impressions of Gecko was it was a lot quieter with not many people around but it was getting on in the day so I guess many would be getting ready for dinner etc... Arriving at GZ...ish I circumnavigated a structure a few times as my GPS settled down and then the cache was soon in my hands, signed the log and inserted 2 TBs that we had collected to this trip. Frustratingly we had launched a new TB of our own for the trip but it wasn't in my GPS bag... had I dropped it on the walk? had I left it in the room? had I left it at home? did I drop it on the hunt? all these thoughts running through my head as I retraced my steps around Gecko... in the process I was greeted by staff in the restaurant and had a look at the menu and a look around some more before returning across the road (still looking for our TB) to eager geoprinces and my Queen ready for dinner.. (who pointed out our new TB was with the travel documents) [she always knows best].

Our thanks for the cache and giving us the opportunity to cache on our holiday. In TB "Picasso Junior" and TB "Sondra's geo-stamp"





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Thanks for the cache which I will log when wr get home

Looking forward to visiting this cache while on holidays from this sunday 29/9 - 4/10

For anyone watching this cache I will be bringing at least 2 TBs from Australia and I will be willing to take some back to Australia - feel free to drop them here or contact me via geo email

I think will be the only cache I will be able to visit in Fiji

Cheers Phill - (Solomonfamily King Jr)

Great excuse for a walk on a slightly cooler day. Nice to see a cache nearby, and even better to stay for a couple of rounds. TFTC

TFTC! Was staying across the road so wandered over to find this cache, received a free juice and made a dinner reservation- so a good day! Thanks!

Great little walk from the Shangri-La one morning. Bula to the locals in the area!

We are staying at the resort so I decided to look for this cache on the first full day of our holiday. It took a minute or two to locate the container; the cache is nicely hidden and in immaculate order.

Most earlier finders seem to have overlooked an opportunity that I have never previously utilised as a result of geocaching. I am enjoying my free cold beer as I type .

I have several reasons for awarding a favourite. TVMFTC.

Easy find. Our fourth and last find in Fiji. Also we completed the August Challenge with this cache. We were late logging as we had no access to internet on holiday.

My fourth and final find while on holiday in Fiji with 1066.

This cache helped me get my mojo back.

I have been so lazy over winter to cache. To cold, to wet, to lazy.

After staying a week over the road at the Shangria la, I had no excuse to NOT do this cache.
I forgot the thrill of finding a cache, I have the need for the hunt again.


Thank you ghostflite [:x]

Nice one...we stayed for onevweek at the beachhouse and came over for the cache

Nice find while staying across the road at Shangri-La. It's about a 15 min walk from Shangri-La reception.
People here say the restaurant where the cache is located is worth visiting. Didn't see any staff but was easy to access the grounds.
BYO pen, the cache's one is rusty and doesn't work.
Took nothing, left a couple of Aussie coins.

Had finished at a conference and decided to escape the resort for the day - and do what we enjoy best - caching and exploring new countries!

Pleased to start our day with this easy find.

Whilst we were looking around GZ, we were approached by a worker, introduced ourselves, and we had a good chat with him. This was to prove to be a common theme throughout the day - locals were so friendly and made our day that more enjoyable.

#1462

We had passed by this cache when heading to Pacific Harbour last week when it was nice and sunny but after 5 days of wind and rain, it was time for us to make our way back to Nadi for our flight home. The sun had finally started to come out while we were here and we had a good look around the exhibit (which in some respects had a better display than at the Suva Museum). The GPSr wasn't being particularly helpful until we eventually started walking back to the reception area to ask for help when it decided to co-operate and suggest a useful ground zero. The cache was then easily located and with the log signed, it was time for us to make our way to our hotel for the night. Thank you for having placed the cache Ghostflite

#2545

We searched this for a while but nothing. We asked help from reception and they called for the manager.
They had noticed that the cache had been exposed to water, and it was under maintenance. We dry the cache, and we wrote our names in the log book. Very friendly staff and nice resort.
Greetings from Finland.
TFTC.

#2354
Geocaching with Jykk€. There was very helpful and friendly staff! We drank coke's there after cache found. Very nice place. Greetings from Finland. TFTC!

After we enjoyed great days at the Matamaonoa Island we decided to rent a car and have a trip on the Main Island of Fidschi. Of course, geocaching was one of our activities. Thank you very much for leading us to this interesting and wonderful place. We had nice time here. The cache is in goood condition. The Hide ist worth a favorite point. Kind Regards.

in/out: 2xcoin/coin

Found on way back to airport, taxis man stopped for us.
Wokers told the boss lady that there was a stranger wandering about.
She came up and had a chat very pleasant lady. Gave her some Leicester Tiger dart flights to put in when we realised it was all cool and Fijian. TN.
Looks a nice place.
TFTC.

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Its because caches like this that makes me drive lots of km.
Really amazing the spirit evolving this cache

Found this cache on our way back to the airport after spending a week at the Outrigger resort. Our "taxi" driver was a little surprised when I asked him to stop the car (perhaps I should have given him some warning, but where's the fun in that), and then a quick exit and short jog to GZ.

The cache was quickly found (once I located the path around the building) and then a quick walk back to the car. Glad to get my second find in Fiji and that the taxi waited.

TFTC

Dropped off my own TB "G for George" to start on its world tour. Tavurvur

Found during our honeymoon in Fiji. Were unsure of its location but instead found Tavurvur dropping off a TB. Nice to meet you mate. TFTC!

Back in Fiji again and dropped off TB. Tavurvur

First cache in Fiji whilst on a short holiday. Picked up a car in Nandi and drove to Pac. Harbour. Hope to pick up a few more. Thanks Ghostflite.
Took angel travel bug and sail geocoin to take back to Asutralia.

Fun find on way to airport

4 TB drops.

Found it Ok when on holiday in Fiji. The Gecko Resort is great and I recommend it with thanks for their support for Geocaching. TFTC TNLN. Tavurvur

On holidays in Fiji and ran into some fellow cachers who live 2km from where we live. Nice to meet you Happypaintball and caitcat17.

Went for a 15 minute walk together and in the end was an easy find. Nice to get some use out of the new Magellan GC.

Thanks for the cache. A fav point because of the location.

TFTC ?? having a great time on my holidays. A nice area for a look around found my geodad happypaintball and Blundo Buster!!

Away on family holiday was hoping to get a cache in whilst here. Had Wi FI access did a search and this one came up. Just happened to bump into a fellow cacher from home and we went to find it! It was nice to meet Blundo Buster in such a great area. Signed the log dropped off a TB and enjoyed the stroll back to our resort. TFTC !!!

Today we hired a car and headed from Nadi to Sigatoka. We were hoping to catch the Puffing Cota in action, but missed it by 20 minutes and by the time we got into Sigatoka it was already there. The cache itself was an easy find, and the staff were leased that we had dropped in to find it. They gave Zac a piece of bread to find the fish. Well worth the stop.

Staying at Shangri La, this cache couldn't have been better placed 2TF. Greetings from Finland/New Zealand!

Could only afford a very quick look as we waited for the scenic railway. Didn't locate

Our first to find and our first found in Fiji. Lovely site. Very quiet. Took gecko, left 2 torches. TFTC SL. The Azzo's

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