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Merry Christmas!
As a final stop on the way home, I stayed in Fiji for 5 days over Christmas....
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Fijian Village
On the first day, we stopped in a village to see a traditional bure,...
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Kids outside the Bure
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Modern Changes
Prior to the conversion of the Fijians to Christianity, and the...
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Twins
The girls spotted a young pair of twins, and pretty soon we were...
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Curious
I found Fijian children to be some of the cutest on earth.
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Some more of the village boys hung outside the window, curious, but...
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Little Champion
This kid really wanted me to take his photo. They were all really...
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This is probably my favorite photo from Fiji. The boys were all really...
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Kava ceremony
Since it was Christmas Eve, the villagers invited us to join them for...
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Teresa drinking Kava
This is Teresa, our guide, drinking a pretty good sized bowl of kava. They...
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Sandboarding
This is why we were in a hurry, we were meant to go sand boarding...
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Steve
Steve is Irish, but lives in New York. He was on his way back from...
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Steve taking the plunge
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Jackass
After sliding down the first time on my stomach, I asked the kids...
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Bushwalk
On Christmas morning, we were dropped odd by a 4WD up on this mountain, then...
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Orchid
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My foot in Fiji
Once we turned on to the narrow track through the rainforest, the mud...
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Rainforest stream
After a while, we reached this stream, which we then hiked down for about...
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Swim Break
This little pool was surprisingly cool, and really nice to swim in...
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River Tubing
Next, we met up with a longboat on the river, which brought us innertubes so...
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Merry Christmas!
We floated down the river until it was joined by this waterfall. We...
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Longboat
After the falls, the longboat carried us back downstream for a few more miles...
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Here's Teresa, Rori, Steve, Raymond our driver, and a couple of guides.
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Waterfall in the distance.
There were quite a few pouring into the river.
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Village on the bank of the River
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Alex at Christmas Dinner
This is a terribly embarassing photo, but oh well. We stayed that...
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Yet another Kava Ceremony
At another village.
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Alex at the Kava Ceremony
It was pretty funny, and an amazing coincidence, to end up traveling...
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My foot at a kava ceremony
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Cave
After the ceremony, the villagers took us into a cave behind the...
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Inside the Cave
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Seven Headed Snake
That's what the villagers call this formation, but I wasnt that impressed.
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Lamplight
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Me and Alex in the Cave
Just before this photo was taken, the villagers were talking about something...
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Me and Alex with the guides
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Islands with Mainland in Background
We paddled out to this island in kayaks, and stayed the night. It was...
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Beach on the Island
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Mud Pools and Hot Springs
On our last day on the bus, we stopped at these mud pools. The mud...
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Good Clean Fun
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Alex getting into it.
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Me climbing out of the swamp
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Filthy
As to be expected, I got way too into it and got far muddier than...
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Alex
She put in a pretty good effort too.
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Stupid but fun
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Teresa
As the fun continued, some people climbed up in the bushes and started acting...
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Feral
Once again, I always have to take it a little farther. I ended up crawling...
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Just one more
I took heaps of photos, not wanting to miss such a funny opportunity...
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Pacific Islands
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