Capricorn Suva

Another holiday, another beautiful Island. People think we do this everyday in Fiji.......
Spent 3 nights at Lomani Resort on Plantation Island. An ADULTS only resort with 12 rooms. Beautiful beaches, relaxing pool days and even a golf course - I played 3 times.
As you can see, Pam spent her time working on the tan.

... a farm and if he ever wanted to come to Texas me and my grandpa would be more than welcome to have him!He was too excited about my grandpa that he invited him to stay at their beach house and farm for free when/if he comes to Fiji, for free!He just loved the fact that my grandpa lives out in the country instead of the city, and Atu loves escaping the city to go to his farm. He really wanted my grandpas email, so I gave it to him and he's trying to make him come to Fiji! The first day we met ...

... the village Mass which was wonderful, all the kids singing, the women in all the pearls and finery and the men bellowing the hymns, it was a great insight into village life.

"Another day, another hammock" (that was our saying to replace the 'working mans' term of "another day, another dollar!"), which meant we were destined to another island and another hammock. Can I just say the weather was just blissful too?? So off we went to Coral View, a much ...

About a week after our arrival in Fiji we've decided to go to Suva, the country's capital, to see the city, visit the national museum and browse the markets for some souvenirs. From Beachouse to Suva it takes approximately an hour and a half by bus and, to our delight, we manage to get on a local bus, one with "Fijian air conditioning" (no widows), a dying engine, barely any brakes, and full of bags, children, local old ladies and anyone in between (but no ...

... before we finished at 4pm. It wa an amazing day with great scenery. The water is very low at this time of the year. The rapids wern't wild like you see on tv, but the scenery made up for it.

... I reckon it was but one of the other girls had claimed it as hers so I had to take the Divemaster's instead and he went down with just the tank and regulator. Apparently it's happened before. Jim and I later joined Tukai (Divemaster) and his colleagues to drink some kava at their staff house. It's some plant made into a drink that makes you sleepy and relaxed. Today we did 2 shark dives. It was great!! We saw nurse, silvertip ...

... again. It seems the rivalry is that big between Marist Bros, Suva Grammar and 2 or 3 other big schools. Some of the open mens athletes were 19 and 20 and looked like Olympic athletes. The 2 days were full on with events all day, 20,000 spectators each day making an amazing amount of noise and a lot of Coke being sold. I got to present medals to 2 of the athletics winners as well as 1 of the winning schools, so was all over National TV. I am waiting for my copy of the video.

... driver side. I think the guy thought I was going to drive his truck or something because he started fussing at me. Oh well lesson learned. Not in America anymore. :) I take this great boat ride out to this island and its just beautiful, the water is so clear and you can see for miles. The island is just amazing! I get to my room and I forget that I am in Hostel land now, not a Hotel. I am sharing my room with 5 other people. which is cool but the ...

... and coach the children at the schools. The children would range from 5 - 18 at the different schools. All of the children in Fiji love rugby and it is played everywhere. In Fiji they play Fiji one touch which is touch rugby but once you are touched or the ball hits the deck it changes sides so it is very fast following and crazy rugby. The schools we coached at were at different standards but one of the schools we coached at Nailuva was an academy team and were known to be ...

... think they have done pretty well. Quite proud and at least I know that they will be able to maintain it when I leave. Check out the site on www.lands.gov.fj and if you have any serious problems or see some glaring errors please drop me an email on morgan@lands.gov.fj



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Fiji won Rugby 7's World Cup. A national holiday was declared to welcome home players and on the same day my house was robbed with most of my electronic ...