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)

fiji

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 more

Oceania » Fiji » Yasawa Islands

Fiji became independent in 1970, after nearly a century as a British colony. Democratic rule was interrupted by two military coups in 1987, caused by concern over a government perceived as dominated by the Indian community (descendants of contract la... ... read more

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