South Seas Private Hotel Suva

... with some kasava (root crop) on the side and rice. We had a girl talk, while Atu was out, with Maurisci. She referred to Atu as master sometimes and wouldn't eat until she was told she could, which was crazy to me but there's not really as much human rights as there is in the U.S. Maurisci asked us questions about Barack Obama and we talked about celebrities and her daughter who is 18. She told us that all of us girls should get married by 25 because after that we will lose our glow. The ...

... who offerred to show us qwhere the toilets were. These cost 20c Fiji and not having any currency at that point he offerred to pay. Great we thought. He then offerred to take us to an ATM and even offerred advice on avoiding pick pockets and scammers, fantastic! After the ATM he showed us the best places to shop...starting to get just a little suspicious ...

... again. Did I mention Cava = mud. Its vile!! I done it once and never again :-) Its supposed to put you to sleep but our jet lag had kicked in and the two of us were awake all night, waiting for daylight so we could move to the beach.

We checked into a cheap beachside resort and counted the hours for Jo to come....It wasn't too hard to do though as they had local Fijian men dance for us (and woman for Phil) See picture below of local men and you can see ...

... harbour, I needed to ensure that they remained lined up. This was not such an easy task when the markers were behind me, but I managed! Out on the open ocean, Jim showed me how to use the chart and compasses to plot our course, and enter this into the auto helm. Due to lack of wind, we were under motor, with the main sail up during the second half of the trip to try to pick up a little additional speed from the mild breeze. My ...

... just received his 2nd death threat. Last week the 1st threat got delivered by a taxi, which made everyone laugh here. It is all over the news and is giving the locals something to talk about. Im sure they are probably showing pictures of soldiers walking through the main streets on the Australian news, but we don't feel anything different. Our Security guard is sitting out the back with the news on the tv, so I can hear what's ...

... Gone are the luxury shopping sprees. Some things are super cheap ( all prices are in FJ$$) - $30 steak in Oz is $13kg here, fresh mussels at the markets were about $1kg, amazing swordfish steaks are $3kg, bananas approx $1kg ( and theyre amazing) - Other stuff is out of control. A tin of shaving cream is $15, a 500gm packet of pasta $5, any tin or packet of imported stuff is double the price ($5 packet of breakfast cereal is $11 here). Its also ...

... riffi taha, kus oli betoneeritud põhi ja hoidma madalat profiili, ehk kõhuli betooni peal olema. Öeldi, et Bull haid tulevad alati vasakult poolt paremale toitu haarama, aga kui peaks ilmuma tiigerhai, siis kästi eriliselt vagusi olla, sest temale reeglid ei kehti ja ta võib tulla ning minna kuidas tahab. Lisaks kõigele pidi ta olema väga uudishimulik. Sõitsime paadiga ca 500m teise kohta ja vette. Kaameratega sukeldujad paigutati toitjast paremale ...

... a fair few Kava ceremonies which were always good. Kava is the local brew in Fiji and looks like muddy water, tastes like muddy water but is a natural relaxing herb which does the opposite to alcohol. When we were invited to Kava ceremonies be it with schools or villages you always had to sit crossed legged with the elders at the front. Kava ceremonies are very common place in Fiji and going to one is always fun.Myself and the volunteers would often do trips to the islands ...