25/8/08
08:00
While I was in
Suva the others rented
a small 4 wheel drive and had a couple of outings. On Saturday we drove a few hours down an
incredibly rough road to a resort for lunch and then on to a village of under
200 people on the sea. We took Kava
for the chief which he was very pleased to receive, and gave us a welcoming
ceremony, but wasn’t in the mood to drink the kava which was fine from our point
of view. They grow their own kava
and I think he will use ours to give to others when he goes visiting. Maybe it will wind up back in the
market….
Yesterday we took the boat to a place called
“Split Rock” for a snorkel which was very pleasant. Even though it was only a
couple of miles away we had to check out with customs and will have to check in
again this morning.
Thje last
shot is the photos attached is courtesy of Steve.
I leave for the the two hour bumpy road
to the Lambasa airport at 13:00 and fly out of Nadi at
22:00 for NY via LA. I will return to the
Fiji on
October 1st and shortly after the blog will start up
again.
