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Toby in his sulu
Sorry I missed adding this previously! We flew to Taveuni, "the Garden Island of Fiji." It's called the Garden Island because it rains ALL THE TIME. We hiked to a waterfall and spent the night at the lodge there. No power and worse yet, no beer or wine. Oh the travesty! We passed the evening talking with a Dutch girl about travel and then tucked in to our twin beds. Not the most romantic anniversary we've ever had.
We boated across the Somosomo Straight and stayed at the Dolphin Bay Divers Resort. It's right on the beach and we were able to get our dog fix in with Boxer and Socks. We went diving four times and one of the dives at "Jerry's Jelly" was one of the best I've ever done. We saw tons of weird and beautiful fish, a blue ribbon eel, sharks, and a green sea turtle. We saw a very rare mantis shrimp about 8-10" long. It's capable of attacking prey at supersonic speeds though it was just sitting sit there letting us all oggle him.
The dive resort had a lovo for the resort owner's b-day. It's an underground oven like a lu'au in Hawaii. Everything tasted great but we
view from plane
We flew from Suva to the island of Taveuni. Lots of islands surrounded by coral reefs shining through the green and turquoise water. most liked the pulsami, a taro leaf dish. I got the recipe from the chef so I can try at home substituting spinach for taro. The day before it was Toby's b-day and they put "happy birthday Toby" on a cake for him. So nice!
We took a ferry to Savusavu. It has one of the most beautiful harbors I've ever seen. There are quite a few expats here as this is one of the rare spots in Fiji where they let foreigners buy land. So there are more than the average number and quality of bars and restaurants. We had lunch on a wharf yesterday and I had yummy chicken, coconut, lemongrass soup. And then I ordered homemade ice cream. The coconut was good but the rum raisin was TO DIE FOR! Then we did a bit of bar hopping because I've heard that beer is good for a cold. ;-)
Gotta catch a bus now. Ciao!
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Bruce
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Dress
Toby you look pretty good in a dress, did your mom teach you how to wear a dress so wel. Where are the pics of Lisa, she cant e camera shy!