Colonial Lodge Bed & Breakfast Suva

hmmmmmm, back from Suva already, we have had enough of the shopping experience, all the Indo Fijians stalls sell the same stuff (mass produced wooden face masks, turtle and fake traditional weapons). We decided to go for a walk uptown and discovered Suva was effectively 2 parts, a quiet Traditional Fijian part and in the first half was the mad Indo Fijian markets. The markets were nothing like what you see at ...

... brother he didn't really talk but on Thursday he did. He talked about what soccer teams he likes and he said that all his friends really wanted to come and meet us. He said one told him that he'd bring us internet if he could meet us and that we could download whatever we wanted to, haha. Another one of his friends was going to come all the way from Latoka (the other side of the island) just to hang out with us. <br><br>Friday, July 24, 2009: <br>For breakfast we had cereal (weet-bix ...

... five!! So after another big feed we hit the hammocks for the last time and then the paradise story came to an end as we got on the big boat that would take us away from it all. I nearly started crying again as the staff sang on the beach shore and waved us off. It truly has been a magical experience, full of lovely, friendly happy people and lots and lots of laughter.<br><br>So that's paradise over...as well as the heat....bye bye sun!!! Hello freezing New ...

... 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 ...

... br><br>RELIGIOUS SIGNIFICANCE: There are 3 main religions in Fiji. Christianity, Hinduism, and Rugby (especially 7's).<br><br><br><br>Work wise I have been working on a content management system to allow non-technical staff to update the new lands website. Also managed to get funding and approval to get the site online after sitting on it for quite some time. Ended up just teaching the skills and getting local staff to perform most of the work and design on the site and ...