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May 9 Los Angeles to … home?
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As the cliché goes, the trip is over but the journey continues. Writers, philosophers, photographers and artists have endeavored to capture both for thousands of years, perhaps striving to defy the passage of time or bequeath something of themselves that… Continue reading
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May 8 Nadi to Los Angeles
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Shopping, packing, leaving Fiji. Our last morning in Fiji is a slow dance around Jane’s house, cleaning the kitchen, stripping beds, washing our clothes and tidying up. And packing and packing and packing. David refuses to sacrifice any of the… Continue reading
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May 7 Nadi
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Snorkel in Mamanuca islands off Port Denarau. We walk down the path from Jane’s house to the Denarau Marina, hoping we can move ourselves from yesterday’s waitlist for the Coral Cats all-day cruise to the outer islands for sun, sand,… Continue reading
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May 6 Nadi
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Lazy day, work jigsaw gift from Maureen. We drink coffee or tea; Cynthia starts and completes a jigsaw puzzle; we sit by the pool; we contemplate brochures offering day trips and snorkeling off Denarau’s outer islands; we write blogs and… Continue reading
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May 5 Nadi
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A planless day. Shopping and blogging. Feliz Cinco di Mayo. We wake late, caffeinate and laze about Jane’s house for the entire morning under sunny skies, 80 degrees and perfect humidity. The caretaker comes to the house and cleans… Continue reading
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May 4 Rakiraki to Nadi
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Return to Nadi, Wayne and Myra fly home. After breakfast, Wayne walks to a building next to our hotel because he’s curious about cars parked bumper to bumper along the highway in front of it, with maybe a hundred people… Continue reading
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May 3 Suva to Rakiraki
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Buy kava from Koro at Suva market, Wayne and Myra connect with family of old friend, drive to Rakiraki. Cynthia and I wake early for two reasons: 1) So we can drive into central Suva to pick up her sulu… Continue reading
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May 2 Suva
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Visit Lelean Memorial School and lunch with Tom Cooke. After a lazy breakfast, we forego returning to the flea market for Cynthia’s sulu jaba and drive to Leleane school in Nausori, a town about an hour on the King’s Highway… Continue reading
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May 1 Suva
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Suva walk, rest at GPH, visit Peace Corps headquarters. We have a quick continental breakfast on the veranda of the occasionally Netherlands Consulate overlooking mostly trees but, also, the distant harbor and surf breaking on the coral reefs offshore. We… Continue reading
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Apr 30 Nadi to Suva
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Queens Road from Nadi to Suva with interesting stop in Sigatoka for lunch and old Tongan fort. We load bags into the trunk of our VW Polo and tool out of Nadi under sunny skies, heading south for Suva. Our… Continue reading
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Apr 29 Nadi
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David returns half-way from the dead and we spend most of the morning making arrangements for going to Suva, the capitol of Fiji located about a four-hour drive from Nadi around the southern coast of Viti Levu. Wayne, Myra and… Continue reading
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Apr 28 Nadi
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Nadi is pronounced “Nahn-dee” in Fijian. David is sure it’s an interesting place but he wouldn’t know ‘cause he stays in bed the whole day, until just after sunset, which he is sure was spectacular. Nadi is on Viti Levu,… Continue reading
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Apr 27 Sydney to Nadi, Fiji
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We’re at the airport by 7:30 and use our remaining Aussie cash to buy several bottles in the duty free shop. Our first plane, from Sydney to Auckland boards about an hour late. Even though the plane is on the… Continue reading
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