Fiji Fotos

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Griffith Observatory in California with Carlos (No, there is no California in Fiji)

 Waiting for a bus that never came

Have I said how beautiful Fiji can be?

 Oh, you know.  Just hanging out in the ocean at sunset.

 Sandfly bites.  Poor boy.

 Sleeping Giant Gardens

 Fiji has some massive trees, like this one in the Sleeping Giant gardens

 We found a hidden staircase that we followed to the top!

 Atop the hill for a good view at Sleeping Giant gardens (Joe sorta looks constipated)

 Flora and Fauna

 Beauty in the small things

 The Sleeping Giant mud baths

 The main thing is that you get to play in the mud

 Shedding our old skin and life; washing away the mud.

 Hindu Temple in Nadi

 We have the feeling it was made specifically for tourists, but it worked on us.  The colors are beautiful and the culture rich.

 The open-air bus

 Joe and the odd taxi-truck driver

 Joe in what looks like a scene straight from Swiss Family Robinson

Foliage really brings out the sickly white color of his skin.

 We'd like to pose for brochures for a living

 Joe (Josh, according to Junior and his family) and George

 Isn't it grand?  We went swimming in that!

 Somebody was a little tuckered out after many hours of hiking

 Niko's slightly intoxicated fire dancing

 My breakfast--I was spoiled by Sara (and she isn't the first Sara to spoil me in my life)

Fishermen go out to catch their lunch

 The fishermen come back from an unsuccessful fishing trip to the breakfast prepared for them by the hostess.

The boys: George, Junior, Joe and Fazi

 The ultra hot jungle chili pepper!

 Niko watches Joe's form as he plants the coconut

 Planting a coconut tree

 Joe and Junior getting nets ready for the fishermen who would use the boat next.

 Quick, pose!  Another foliage/sickly white shot.

Relaxing at the farm

George setting up the lovo

 Isaac was a cute kid, but he definitely knew how to be cantankerous

 Lovo, lovo (Hangi, hangi)

Food is cooked and ready to be eaten!

He watched the same 4 videos over and over on his parents' cell phone, but boy did they entertain him.

Sunshine makes us warm, but rain makes us happy too!

Awww... the little quartet was there to say goodbye, just as they had been there to welcome us.