Mama's Tropic of Capricorn Nadi

... walked out to get a patient when we were ready for them. At the end of the day they all thanked us and sang a song in their language to us. I took a video of the song, that I can post when I am home.<br><br>Then we set up our tables at the hotel and adjusted the hotel staff here for being so helpful to us. We also adjusted a rugby team from New Zealand (remind me never to stay at a hotel when I need a good night ...

... was good as you got to see more of their culture. The foods was ok not upto the standards of the last place but still filled a hole. We took a trip to Gunu a village on the island about a 30 minute boat ride away. We met the locals in the village and drank Kava with them and then the women had made lots of beautiful jewelery and stuff so we picked up a couple bits. Next it was onto the primary school which held around 110 kids from villages upto 2km away. they sang ...

... crab racing, and has bought a satellite dish so the villagers can watch TV, and also donates money to the local school regularly. It was certainly interesting and the little kids were really cute! <br> <br><br>But all good things come to an end, and it was soon time to leave. We took the resort's boat back to the mainland (on the most uncomfortable 2 hour journey in the history of man) and headed straight to the airport and for Melbourne! <br> <br>

I arrived in Nadi (pronounced Nandi) after a night flight with a child kicking my chair all night and was very grateful for my host, Diane, to allow me to sleep the day away and wake to a glorious cooked lunch.<br><br>The evening as great, getting to know my hosts and the 3 Australian CSers who arrived that afternoon and then the next morning going together for a ...

... so pigs hadn't actually slept there yet!), playing volleyball, snorkeling with SHARKS (!!!!!), weaving coconut leaves to make a roof, taking baths in the sea, star gazing and of course watching beautiful sunrises and sunsets. I've also been lucky to have experienced a few traditional Fijian Ceremonies. Sara-Jane (who use to work on Vorovoro) came back to visit with her new baby, Dylan. As the first child of a member of staff to be born, Dylan had ...

Well here I am in Fiji amongst the sun sea and sand. In New Zealand we met Chris on the magic bus and he's been travelling with us for about a month or so and by coincidence he was headed to Fiji they day before us, on our last night in Auckland we bumped into a couple of Irish girls we met in Taupo on my birthday and again they were on the same flight to Fiji. So the five of us decided to stay at the same beachside resort. <br><br>The resort is really nice but it is a ...

... got a lot of goodies for everyone! I have never been so happy in my life, and I am defiantly going back at some point! I could see myself working their for a few years. I hope you all like the pictures and I miss you all so much! Only 2 more months until we can have cook outs on the beach! (Bryan...get to planning that!) I love you all and think about you everyday! xoxoxoxox

... flight to the US. After food and shopping we meet up with the girls and get a cab back to the hostel. Finally getting the cab to Nadi airport. As we get to the airpoir, the girls check their flight to NZ and its an hour early and they have only just made check in, we stay our farewells and leave them to get their plane. Our flight however is delayed by about two hours, so we decide to camp out in one part of the airport and take advantage of the fact that they have showers in ...

We took off from Denver International Airport Monday, February 2nd to begin our five month journey of the world. We had a quick lay over in Los Angelos, just enough time for Pete to get a cute little good bye kiss from his girl Lexi. The 10 and a half our flight took off from LAX that Monday night and we arrived in Nadi, Fiji on Wednesday, Feb. 4th. Crossing over the International Date Line in the ...