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Fiji for Christmas

by Jonathan Orr   
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Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!
As a final stop on the way home, I stayed in Fiji for 5 days over Christmas....

Fijian Village

Fijian Village
On the first day, we stopped in a village to see a traditional bure,...

Kids outside the Bure

Kids outside the Bure

Modern Changes

Modern Changes
Prior to the conversion of the Fijians to Christianity, and the...

Twins

Twins
The girls spotted a young pair of twins, and pretty soon we were...

Curious

Curious
I found Fijian children to be some of the cutest on earth.


Some more of the village boys hung outside the window, curious, but...

Little Champion

Little Champion
This kid really wanted me to take his photo. They were all really...


This is probably my favorite photo from Fiji. The boys were all really...

Kava ceremony

Kava ceremony
Since it was Christmas Eve, the villagers invited us to join them for...

Teresa drinking Kava

Teresa drinking Kava
This is Teresa, our guide, drinking a pretty good sized bowl of kava. They...

Sandboarding

Sandboarding
This is why we were in a hurry, we were meant to go sand boarding...

Steve

Steve
Steve is Irish, but lives in New York. He was on his way back from...

Steve taking the plunge

Steve taking the plunge

Jackass

Jackass
After sliding down the first time on my stomach, I asked the kids...

Bushwalk

Bushwalk
On Christmas morning, we were dropped odd by a 4WD up on this mountain, then...

Orchid

Orchid

My foot in Fiji

My foot in Fiji
Once we turned on to the narrow track through the rainforest, the mud...

Rainforest stream

Rainforest stream
After a while, we reached this stream, which we then hiked down for about...

Swim Break

Swim Break
This little pool was surprisingly cool, and really nice to swim in...

River Tubing

River Tubing
Next, we met up with a longboat on the river, which brought us innertubes so...

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!
We floated down the river until it was joined by this waterfall. We...

Longboat

Longboat
After the falls, the longboat carried us back downstream for a few more miles...


Here's Teresa, Rori, Steve, Raymond our driver, and a couple of guides.

Waterfall in the distance.

Waterfall in the distance.
There were quite a few pouring into the river.
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article published 1/20/2004
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Loved sharing this "muddy" experience, but would not want to experience it, myself! I must admit, for such awful looking people, you & Alex look "ze Best"!! Did you know: there are more than 2,200 kinds of palm trees in the world?!!
— Eleanor Robb, October 26, 2004
Great pictures Jon - looks like you had just too much fun. Loved the picture of your foot!!
— Ismail, February 21, 2004
Great Article
Oh, it looks like you all had soo much fun going to such a beautiful place. I love the picture of the boys looking down on your camera too. Thanks so much for sharing...
— Jane Lapham, January 21, 2004
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