Courtney Jo's Guestbook

Sounds wonderful!
Ia happy to hear that you are having a fantastic time and meeting wonderful people.

I agree with Mamie (on all counts)! (((hugs))) <---- I'm only half kidding about that one! Hope it makes you laugh but also sending long distance love your way! Keep staying open to the experience!

Again, Loving Every Minute
I can't wait until you return so I can buy you a few beers and listen to you re-telling all this fun! I'm so jealous and so happy for you that you have had this opportunity. Cheers! Lauren

Tear.
I teared up again!! Stop making me cry already! Have a great last weekend on Fiji! Can't wait to hear about your Australia adventures and all the :)'s to come!

Farewell Fiji
I'm so glad you've had such an amazing experience there at the school!! Sweet happy tears are good for the soul! What a life changing experience!! Looking forward to reading more about the adventures you're about to experience! :)

Sausage...
Of course you wrote about sausage. :) I teared up a little about the farewell.....

Love the kiddos!
Court, I love the pictures of the kids! They're so cute and bright-eyed. It must have been fun to watch them giggle over seeing their photos. Can't believe how fast your time there is going-- almost to Australia!

Love this photo!
They are so cute! I love how children around the world love peace signs... perhaps this means something?! And look at you in your teaching attire... gettumm girl! xo

Thanks for the tip
I will try to remember your tip for crossing the road for Ireland! Now I'm scared I'm gonna get hit. I'll just make Greggie go first. :)

Dress
LOVE your dress! How sweet of them to do that for you. They must recognize a true soul when they see one.

Amazing again!
Hi, I am so enjoying every email I recieve on your journey...don't stop...and...miss you!!

Memories
Hi Courtney Jo. I'm Chris, a former Lattitude Volunteer from 2008. I randomly found this blog and it brings back so many memories. Thank you so much for writing it. I worked at the Ministry of Youth in Suva helping set up the National Youth Service Scheme (anyone you see with Min of Youth satchels was probably involved) which has now been taken into the Ministry of Labour and thee National Employment Centre. I lived with my boss and his family in Waila, just across the river from you (turning right at the roundabout after the bridge onto Princes Road and then about a mile - just before Ramessa Chaudry (sp?) primary school). The experiences you've mentioned bring back so much: making friends with random people on buses (and because I was there for 7 months I often randomly saw these people again elsewhere), the beautiful food, the unsafe looking boats to get to small islands. I too went to Levuka and Caqalai. The second time I went was for the funeral of the late Tui Levuka, although it was quite a sombre time the spectical of the event was amazing, hundreds of people at the yaqona sessions, lovos twice a day (if you've not had lovo yet make sure you try it, it is delious), having the funeral itself on loud speakers outside the church because there were far too many people attending and the traditional warriors forming a guard of honour. My most treasured memory is simply the people, particularly the Baledrokadroka familiy who I now consider my own. I have never met a race of people so friendly in my life. They are so welcoming and will always go out of their way to help you. I will openly admit that I cried whenever I was sung Isa Lei (the goodbye song) because it was so hard to say goodbye to the people and the country. I've got to say that the internet must have improved in the country over the last three years, it would have been impossible for me to load all the pictures you have online whilst in the country. If you get a chance, visit the North, particularly Taveuni, it's incredibly beautiful and the people seem even friendlier than the rest of the country (if that's actually possible). Are you planning on visiting anywhere else before you leave? Thanks once again for writing this blog and sorry that this post has turned into a bit of a rambling memoir. I look forward to reading more of your blogs. Chris

Keep 'em coming!
I'm loving the photos! Gorgeous-- keep uploading so we can see what you see! Sounds like you had a fun Singles Awareness Day! ;-)