06/08/2024
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Affordable vacation rentals in the heart of Matei Taveuni
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Ever since my first trip to Fiji in 2013, I was instantly in love with the country, its rich culture and beautiful people! Backpacking around the islands with my buddy for a couple months, we went deep sea fishing, hiking through lush jungles, spearfishing, surfing and even got invited out to a remote village in the highlands where we feasted on local foods and drank kava until we nearly exploded. It wasn’t until we landed on Taveuni though that i really fell in love with this place. I had never seen anything like it, the ocean so many shades of blue, the jungle so green, and the landscape still so pristine. After exiting the plane and walking around looking for a place to stay we couldn’t believe how friendly the people here were and within hours we had already been invited in to houses and treated like family. This island was special, different from anywhere else we had been.
Long story short, we packed up and left Taveuni after two short weeks, but i knew i had to come back. I returned every year until finally purchasing this property in 2016 with the goal of setting up an affordable place for fellow travelers to stay. In 2017, my fiance Shauna and I left Hawaii and moved to Fiji to start our new life. I can’t say it was easy, living on a remote pacific island isn’t always lounging under a coconut tree with a drink in your hand, though we did do a lot of that too. Neither of us realized just how difficult it would be, moving to a third world country, setting up a business and most of all adapting to a whole new way of life. There were many times when I questioned doing all of this and would consider just throwing in the towel, but luckily I had Shauna there. I could never have made it through without all her help. While I would be working around the house and in the gardens she would handle the business side of things and even drew up the plans for the new remodel. In 2018 my parents came down to help with the renovations and thanks to all their hard work for three months we were able to finish both houses in July and are now happily operating our new vacation rentals in paradise!