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One of the beaches along the Coral Coast going from Suva to Nadi.
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This is a Halfway House for the "good" prisoners. The prison...
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A market place in Sigatoka - along the Coral Coast on Queen's Road
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Mostly All the houses in the villages are on stilts. Fiji gets abundant...
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Indo-Fijian cemetery just outside Suva on the Queen's Road
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Vuda Marine Landing near Nadi where we took a boat for a 20-minute ride to...
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Bounty Island's "transport boat" - takes you to dive trips,...
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Reception area and restaurant at Bounty Island.
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The bures (huts) and crystal clear waters. We stayed in #7 bure - very nice.
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Our bure - #7, right on the beach.
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Joe in front of our bure, ready for snorkeling.
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Joe and Gloria coming back from kayaking around the island - a...
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The Noni plant, found throughout the South Sea Islands. The taste is...
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The Fijian "flightless bird" very similar to the New Zealand...
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Musicians at the Firewalking ceremony held at the Cultural Center in Pacific...
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Blowing the welcome conch for the visitors and beating the "lali"...
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Welcoming warrier at the bure and area where the firewalking tradition is...
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Bure and area where the firewalking tradition is carried out.
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Ladies dancing in preparation for the firewalking ceremony.
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A warrier coming into the village.
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Fire walking ceremony. Stoking the stones to get them hot.
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Firee walking ceremony. Walking on the hot rocks.
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Fire walking ceremony - showing off on the hot rocks.
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Me with Fijian saleslady at the Cultural Center in Pacific Harbour.
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Joe with the same saleslady (we were at the Culture Center in Pacific Harbour...
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In the small town of Navua, these are woven coconut palm bags at the...
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Native crops in the marketplace at Navua.
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A Navua mini market - Navua River in background.
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At the start of our Navua River Boat tour, we stopped at the Fijian village...
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The kava ceremony at the village meeting house (bure) along the Navua...
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Pre-school at the village.
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The bure (village meeting house) at the village of Koromakawa along the Navua...
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Pattern maker
Pattern maker (who also dances and sings - as do all Fijans) at the village.
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Weaving coconut fiber strips to make mats - both for the wall and the floor.
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Uncovering the "lovo" lunch, all cooked in a dug out pit, the veggies...
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Looking out at the Navua River from the village bure.
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We were entertained with Warrier dances performed by the young men of the...
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More entertainment for our pleasure.
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One of the ladies at the village. The women do a sitting down dance which is...
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Joe with one of the ladies from the village in the meeting house.
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One of the many waterfalls along the Navua River.
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Whoops, more waterfalls.
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Awesome lush greenery in the rain forest along the river.
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Back in Suva, Fiji, this is the main marketplace in downtown Suva (the...
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I think it's taro root. At the Market place.
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Playing checkers in the marketplace; they use bottle caps in their game.
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Charming, lovely Fijian girl in the marketplace.
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Catch of the day - downtown Suva fish market.
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Ladies with their catch of the day. Downtown fish market in Suva.
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One of the many benches throughout the city of Suva; they're all designed...
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Tiko's Floating Restaurant in downtown Suva.
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Taken from inside the Tiko. Food was excellent.
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Gloria and I having a pina colada at the Holiday Inn in Suva.
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Whale's teeth necklace at the Fijian Museum in Suva - a museum well worth...
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Typical phone booth in Suva - the sides are fashioned after the masts...
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The canal in downtown Suva.
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View of the Suva Harbour from Holiday Inn.
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The entrance to Colo-I-Suva Forest Park, one of the more grueling...
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One of the walkways in the Park.
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Waterfall in the middle of the park.
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Gloria soaking her feet, shoes and all.
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Me, glad the walk is almost over. Yep, I fell here on the slippery, wet rocks.
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Church people in a village just outside the Colo-I-Suva Forest Park.
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Ladies dressed for church.
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The men typically wear sulus (Fijian "skirts") even though it's...
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Mom and daughter coming home from church.
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A Fijian friend of ours climbing up the coconut tree for coconuts - yum. Note...
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