Capricorn Suva

I had a bula blast! Friendly people, humid weather, ate spicy food and gained more pounds! I slept and woke up late but finally out and about. On relax mode. Ahh.. the LIFE. Trying to read a book, oh got it! A first page of Fiji Times just flew by. Lots of sight ...

... the dunes wasn't too bad, just one part was pretty steep and the sand kept slipping but getting to the top was well worth it. The funniest thing was running down the huge sand slide. I wasn't a fan of having half of my shoe full with sand though. <br><br>Later on Wednesday:<br>Arrived at the University of South Pacific in Suva met with the Pacific studies staff and had a kava ceremony right when we go to campus. Afterwards we were introduced to our Host family. I had an awesome dad named Atu ...

... of holl , was on a road dusty dirt road, no access to beach as enormous rocks Accommodation pithy, not even a radio no TV, old dirty linen and Sauvasauva is tiny with little to do.<br>This company runs out of Sauvasaua BEWARE<br>Worst holl I ever had

... 1 day and you can see what happens when we go away for the weekend with the dust. Luckily you can pay $5 for it to be washed and vacuumed.<br>The Coke games came and went in April. Pam's school had 6 athletes competing.<br>Last weekend we went to Wananavu Resort, about 2.5 hours driving north. It was amazing. The water colour is so clear with all the different shades of blue. Have to get back there to go diving soon. Pam found herself a new 4 legged friend. <br><br>

... resort than the others and a beautiful room too. More amazing food and Jo even ventured to do something!! She did a dive which I know took all her might to get out of her hammock and do he he :-) When she got back we all had to go for an afternoon siesta as even her telling us about it made us knackered. When we got up we had a banquet of food to get through and the entertainment for the night was the village school children, it was soooo sweet. Unfortunately ...

... back to the resort refreshed and ready for another day on the beach. Before parting our ways though, Juta invited us to have dinner with his family in the village and, although we would have liked to spend that evening at the resort and allow the impressions of the last few days to settle a little bit, we could not find a polite way to refuse him. Therefore, that evening we headed for Juta's house, quite hungry and curious (he promised us a dinner with ...

... horizon (the dinghy did have a motor but unfortunately Jim had neglected to top up the fuel. So it was muscle power all the way; I provided helpful encouragement). The sunset was fiery and the sky looked ablaze. We decided to return to shore, and had a barbeque on the beach. We gathered twigs and bamboo, which made perfect kindling, and ate potatoes and lamb under a diamond-studded sky, appreciating the total lack of light pollution!

... The place sits in a bay and as you overlook the palm trees you see beautiful flat blue ocean with islands in the distance. It has 2 bures ( houses) with a main eating area that you share with the other guests. It felt like we were at the Vidler house in Dunsborough. They have a jarrah table outside that sits 15 people and overlooks the bay. The guy who normally runs it had left for America that morning, so we had his sister (Paye) looking after us. Vuli did all the cooking ...

Oonagh Well, we have moved on from the lovely lovely Beachhouse to Suva, the capital of Fiji (oooOOOoo). We were sitting outside the magistrates court today and a man came along and told us about the first coup that happened right there at the courts and the second that happened down the road. It was all very interesting until he started carving our names into pieces of wood and trying to sell them to us. It was a bit of a mission getting here ...

... force, it was good to know that he could not get into the house although I don't think he would of wanted to considering their was 10 people in their with hockey sticks waiting for him. As well as coaching rugby all the time we managed to get off and see some of the island. We organized a trip for the volunteers to go to a rural village in the middle of the island through our cook whose village it was. We stayed a weekend in the village and lived as the locals did taking ...