Sunset over the resort pool and ocean at Sonaisali Resort.
Relaxing on the beach our first night.
Our welcome fruit plate
Our ceremonial torch lighter.
Some of the local church choir members came by the resort to sing for us.
Debbie by the main pool.
The manager's reception for new guests.
Some couple that just got married and had dinner on the beach that night.
Every night at sunset they lit the tiki torches
After lighting the torches, he would stand by the pool and yell out...
...and then jump in the pool!
This is Roger.
The top right hand room was our room at the first resort.
The Garden of the Sleeping Giant. A tropical preserve established by Raymond Burr. (Yes that Raymond Burr)
Some of the Orchids at the Garden of the Sleeping Giant
This tree is obviously male...;)
Here some of the villagers demonstrated their fire-walking abilities.
Mugging for the camera...
This is the Kava ceremony, very traditional in Fiji.
Relaxing in our hammock
The beach at Sonaisali Resort
We took a day trip into Nadi, the main city on the big island
It reminded me a lot of Tiajuana...and not in a good way!
The Hindu temple
A lot of the trees had coconut catchers on them
These are the trains that carry the sugar cane to the factory
Here the workers are cutting down the sugar cane
We took a tour of one of the local villages.
One of the native drums (placed on the native truck tire of course)
Some of the local breadfruit
Our village tourguide
The sugar cane train. A favorite method for hitching a free ride.
Wood chips for the rum processing plant.
Lautoka City, also known as Sugar City
One of the local produce markets in Lautoka City
The rum processing plant.
The world famous University of Fiji
The Sleeping Giant (really, look at the profile along the ridge, The head starts on the right hand side.)
Gas comes in two grades, ULP and ZOOM.
Our boat trip from Sonaisali to Malolo
Our welcoming committee at Malolo Island
Here is our room on Malolo Island
Our bura on Malolo Island.
The start of our Island Hopping tour
The beach at Mana Island resort
Castaway Resort
Bill, our tour guide for our Island Hopping adventure
The boat is named Sylvester, and the yellow raft is named Tweety.
Here is the view out of our front door.
Relaxing on the front porch.
The dinner buffet
Some of the local villagers came by to demonstrate some of the native dances.
Everybody clap!
Coffee on the beach....
These geckos were all over the place, and they made the most irritating noise!
Our friendly cooks
You couldn't even get any good imported water, all they had was this crappy domestic stuff...
Nice hat!
This is the boat that took us on our snorkeling trip.
A smiling Debbie on the way out to our snorkeling trip. (She wasn't smiling so much on the way back...)
The over-water bura's on the resort next door to ours on Malolo
The boat that brought us back to the main island.
Debbie didn't really like the waves....
Here Debbie tries to remember the Fiji phrase for "no worries"
Some video of the welcome singers
Ah yes, returning to the fresh air of southern California....
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