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June 26th 2007

Published: June 26th 2007

New Zealand - North Island Wellington We got a ferry up from the South Island to Wellington and had a few beverages on the ferry whilst playing cards, so when we arrived we were quite keen on a night out. We stayed at a really nice YHA and were lucky in that, as there were 5 or us (the three of us plus Hazel and Cathi from the Kiwi experience) they upgraded us to private ensuite dorm for just th... Read Full Entry

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Village

View of the Fijian village

Village kid

Hiding in the tree

Traditional meeting house

Meeting house in the village

Dunes

The sand dune we boarded down

Sandboarding - Marie

Marie sandboarding down the dune

Kava

Mixing the infamous Kava on the Coral Coast

Suva parliament

Site of the recent coup

FeeJee experience

Off on a night out in Suva

Caqalai ferry port

The major port to get to Caqalai island and back

Beach bonfire

Light for the beach BBQ on Caqalai

Soft coral

Gorgeous soft coral in the seas around Fiji

Snake Island

Island you can walk out to from Caqalai at low tide

Big fish

Big puffer fish found just off Caqalai island's gorgeous reefs

Caqalai sunset

Sunset from our lovely beach

Crazy colours

Mad colours in the early evening sky on Calaqai

Caqalai beach - tranquil

Empty beach to relax for 4 days

Island accommodation

One of the bures on the island

Our island paradise

The main track on Caqalai

So long Caqalai

Waves and guitar music to see us on our way

Kava

The village chief and his son mixing the lovely stuff at the ceremony

Fighting

Village kids pushing each other around over a toy

26th June 2007

Audrey
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Fiji rules!
Can't believe you guys stayed on Nanuya Lailai! Chris and I have just arrived in Auckland from there today. We spent 6 nights at the resort round the other side of the island from 'Queenie's' place...it was BLISS! and as you said, HOT! :o)

26th June 2007

Andy's mum
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not guilty
Just want to say I was not text stalking - only sent one message. Hope I don't get charged for fifty. Need to clear my name. Hope South America is awesome.

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