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December 30th 2008

Published: December 30th 2008

We spent 10 days on the fijian islands and went to 3 different resosrts. In the first resort we went snorkeling with sharks and got to touch them, crazy!We also so a million multi coloured fish.very pretty. Then we were treated to a fiji night were the islanders danced and we all drank kava - this is their version of an alcoholic drink. It is distgusting and tastes of soil and feet and leaves your... Read Full Entry

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Our coral view bure

not at the beach like in kuata but still very close. This resort was more manicured like a golf course.

the Coral View Christmas tree

very festive!

nicely painted inside like the sea

this is gareth talking to Martin the random german - he was very nice.

more singing and dancing locals

a view of our bure from the sea

very tropical!

The 3rd resort - Oarsman's Bay

This was the best of the three resorts and were we spent christmas day. It had the nicest bure, the best food and the best people.

Our bure at Oarsmans

so peaceful.

the amazing beach at Oarsmans

it had the softest sand in the world!

again......a tough day for gareth.

a dog on the beach

another cathy arty farty shot

another sunset

Christmas eve - fish drive

the typical way to spend christmas eve here is to get in the sea with 100's of other villagers and catch some fish.

a big fish

lots of fish........

They catch them using a massive net made of coconut leaves. 100s of people in a giant ring, close in on the fish over a period of 5 hours and catch the christmas dinner.

at the fish drive

the fish net

time to go home.........

the fish drive happend on a little island just off the main resort. so how do all these islanders get back to their villages? they walk and swim - carrying the fish in sacks. Old women, Children and the entire village just walked straight in to the sea and swam away across a distance we would never even consider swimable! it took about 45mins to reach the other side. crazy people!(it doesn't look that far in this picture but it really was)

the villagers swimming away

needless to say, we took a boat back. there is sharks in there!!!!!!!!!!!!!

in the sea on christmas eve

what a colour!

1st January 2009

mac
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hello
thought i'd leave a message cos no-one else has... ...happy new year!!!!

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