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  • Zoggster on tour
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    Day 121

    Dinner with leon

    March 10 in Fiji ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C

    After our day out leon offered us to come back for homemade chicken curry Roti so we headed over to the shops to buy the ingredients and his mum cooked us all up a meal, she also showed us how she prepares it. Just shows how friendly the Fijians areRead more

  • TravelerMeine Weltreise
    Day 65

    Suva/Fidschi

    February 9 in Fiji ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C

    Suva ist die Hauptstadt Fidschis, das sich über 300 Inseln erstreckt und liegt an der südöstlichen Küste der Hauptinsel Viti Levu.
    Ich habe den Ausflug "Wanderung im Naturschutzgebiet von Suva" gebucht (Es war der letzte buchbare), bin brav über glitschige Steine bei 27° Grad mit 100% Luftfeuchtigkeit im Dschungel gegangen und habe von der Insel leider sonst nichts gesehen! Habe mir aber begeisterte Berichte von Mitreisenden angehört, die im South Pearl Pazifik Resort waren, eine Tour mit Sehenswürdigkeiten gemacht haben, usw.! Man kann nicht immer nur Glück haben! 😂Read more

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  • TravelerSouth Pacific Solo Travel
    Day 43

    Checking Into Suva

    December 13, 2023 in Fiji ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C

    It was now time to check into my accomodation! After being asked 'which room number have you booked' ??? I was offered a free upgrade to a room upstairs. To my absolute delight, this room came with many things I had forgotten actually existed such as electricity, hot water, light bulbs, soap, air conditioning, a microwave, a fridge, a toaster and a television. Moving up in the world!Read more

  • Ali and Jeff CarithersWorld Cruise 2020
    Day 46

    Suva, Fiji

    March 9, 2020 in Fiji ⋅ 🌧 81 °F

    After crossing the International Date Line, we lost Saturday, so that means we had an alcohol-free, fasting day!! Woohoo!!

    Today we are in Suva, Fiji, an unscheduled stop for us since we are dodging the Coronavirus and this was an island that would let us visit. It is certainly becoming more challenging each day.
    I’m sure we will need to make some sort of a decision soon about whether or not to continue our cruise.

    We did have a nice, but rainy day here in Fiji as this is the start of their rainy season. We visited a spice farm which was quite interesting. I know I take for granted the packaged spices I buy, never thinking back to the actual plant that they came from. The Fijians did a Kava welcoming ceremony, served lunch that was cooked in an underground oven, toured us through the spice trees and bushes, and shared their traditional dance and stories. They are a warrior culture, often fighting other tribes on their own island. They were also a cannibalistic culture, sometimes killing and then eating their enemies.

    Suva is a large, bustling city with modern stores and people and vehicles everywhere! The fruit and vegetable market was one of the prettiest and cleanest we’ve ever seen. Hundreds of watermelons, peppers, taro, eggplant, tomatoes, coconuts and long beans were all on beautiful display. The vendors were full of smiles and saying “bula” as a greeting.

    Many of the men here where a type of wrap-around skirt with a formal shirt and sandals.
    It was an interesting stop and a nice contrast to a very small town we’ll visit tomorrow on a neighboring island.    Read more

  • AnniundMarciWeltreise
    Day 52

    Die ersten Tage auf den Fidschi-Inseln🗾

    March 23 in Fiji ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

    Nach einem weiteren entspannten Seetag, war es am 22.03. so weit. Wir erreichten mit Lautoka unseren ersten Hafen der Fidschi-Inseln. Das Klima ist hier sehr warm und feucht🥵 In Lautoka schauen wir uns die Stadt an und entscheiden uns hier gegen einen Ausflug. Abends gibt es ein schönes italienisches Dinner mit direktem Meerblick🌊🇮🇹🍕

    Heute sind wir morgens in Suva, der größten Stadt der Fidschi-Inseln angekommen und entscheiden uns für einen Ausflug. Wir besuchen als erstes das State House. Hier findet ähnlich wie in London alle 3 Stunden ein Wachwechsel statt. Danach ging es kurz durch den Colo-i-Suva-Dschungel zu einem Wasserfall. Kein besonders spektakulärer Wasserfall und sehr voll, aber auch dies kann passieren. Als Letztes besuchten wir ein fidschianisches Dorf, wo uns unter anderem die Herstellung des Nationalgetränks „Kava“ gezeigt wurde. Abends hatten wir auf dem Schiff unseren Spaß bei einem Harry-Potter-Quiz und einer Magieshow🪄    Read more

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  • TravelerSouth Pacific & Asia
    Day 51

    Another Day in Suva

    March 11 in Fiji ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C

    Took the taxi into town today, as I was waiting for a while and no bus came by.
    Explored the city a bit more, saw the Sacred Heart Cathedral, and went in for a bit. Also went to a McDonald’s as I have to try one in every country that has one! Surprisingly the best McDonald’s yet, a very good (but expensive) cheese burger. The bun was sweeter than in Canada, as is a lot of food here. Lots of sugar in everything.
    Walked around the market a bit more, got some starfruit and June plum (not my favourite new fruit but interesting). Also grabbed some snacks from vendors around the bus station including a milk custard pie that was really yummy!
    Also checked out the flea market again, and almost bought a little woven hand fan but it was too expensive and really not something I need haha, even as a souvenir

    Had time to have a nice long FaceTime with dad while walking around town! Was going to go out rowing with one of Brian’s friends from the church, Paulo, but they didn’t have enough people for the boat today. Bussed back and had a nice chill evening again, but made fried rice instead of spaghetti this time!    Read more

  • TravelerSouth Pacific & Asia
    Day 49

    Fiji Museum

    March 9 in Fiji ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C

    Talk a nice walk in the rain to the Fiji Musuem, about a 25min walk from Marla and Brian’s place. Nice to walk around the neighbourhood and see things from that pace.

    With a student ticket, the museum was only FJ$10! Dealing with the first stomach problems of the trip though, so had to use the bathroom first lol. But nice museum, just one room but decently sized, with lots of artefacts and information about Fiji history, old and recent. Was a little bit rushed as I only had just over an hour before they closed but still enough time to see everything!

    After, explored the gardens and parks in the area and walked back in the rain! Thank goodness for my vessis and rainjacket!

    Another cheap dinner of spaghetti tonight haha    Read more

  • TravelerSouth Pacific & Asia
    Day 49

    Another Church Sunday

    March 9 in Fiji ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C

    I joined Brian and Marla at their church this Sunday, for a nice late morning service starting at 11am. The church service they go to is actually hosted in a lecture hall of the USP (University of the South Pacific), and is nondenominational Christian.
    Nice to see so much community, as thats what really appeals to me when it comes to church. Brian and Marla knew everyone and everyone knew them, and were all very friendly.
    The service itself was interesting to witness, lots of singing at the beginning and end, with lyrics projected to follow along. And the sermon was done by a young missionary from Australia who was visiting and was invited to preach for this service. It was the most accessible I’ve ever found a church service, unpacking a part of the bible in plain words and explaining what to take from it. I definitely have more of an appreciation for Christianity after the service, even if the specific message he was preaching I don’t necessarily align with. I think Christianity is a little one and only concrete god - oriented for me. But I totally understand the sense of purpose and direction that people get from it and I think that’s really valuable, and I understand it more after this service.
    But cool to witness and be there for! We got some ready made lunches that a group from the church was fundraising with, and got a ride home from some of their church friends from Nigeria who are living in Suva.
    We were gonna explore the USP campus a bit, but it was raining too much to walk around.    Read more

  • TravelerSouth Pacific & Asia
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    Day 47

    Another Rest Day

    March 7 in Fiji ⋅ 🌧 27 °C

    Took a much needed rest day doing almost nothing today. Slept in till almost noon (needed the catch up on sleep), folded my dry laundry, ate some food, caught up on Find Penguins, and took a little walk down to the water and back.
    Always feels weird doing nothing in the day but so needed for the body to rest.    Read more

  • TravelerSouth Pacific & Asia
    Day 49–55

    Marla and Brian’s Place

    March 6 in Fiji ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C

    Made it to the Dunn’s place, on the campus of the Pacific Theological College (PTC), where Brian is teaching history and religion courses.
    So nice to see familiar faces from Thunder Bay and to stay in their beautiful home! Chatted a lot about what they’re both up to and Fiji in general. Brian is teaching and doing research as a professor here, currently working on publishing a research framework for academics working with indigenous communities in Pasifika. Marla’s completing a Masters in Indigenous Theology, through an online school.
    The PTC is interesting as it has students from all over Pasifika (Tonga, Fiji, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, etc.) and so is multi denominational (Methodist, Presbyterian, Protestant, etc.) as each country has its dominant denomination depending on which missionaries arrived first.
    The missionaries arrived in this area before the colonial powers did, and so Pacific Islanders think of the two very differently, and apparently the major sentiment is that they are glad the missionaries brought over Christianity and converted Pasifika.
    Very interesting dynamics. Brian says it’s also so different than working with the indigenous communities in Thunder Bay or Canada, because about 60% of the population is indigenous here, and they have the political power, and so they’re starting from a different angle

    Very lovely house and so happy to call this home for the next week or so!
    They also have a little cat that hangs around!    Read more

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