The night before we headed to Nadi to fly back to Hawaii everyone got together for a family dinner at the Raintree Lodge. I love that place, it is like being in the middle of the Rain Forest, but then you are still close to Suva. It was a beautiful evening, and it was really something to have the whole family together (except Finau). We took a Biutanaseva Family picture and having six of the seven kids there with their spouses was something to see.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Fiji Seven
What is a trip to Fiji without taking all the nieces and nephews to Mc Donalds? Everyone but Nolani got up early one morning and we squeezed in the car to go eat Happy Meals. Yum. Juju was a little hesitant about eating the hash brown and egg mc muffin... but her brother Peni didn't hesitate to eat her share too. It was fun listening to them tell stories and play with the toys. That afternoon Inoke and I went to pick up Nolani from school and she so kindly reminded us that she too needed to eat Mc Donalds since she missed the breakfast run. Personally I would much rather have a $2 roti/curry parcel than a $6 happy meal... but then again I can eat Mc Donalds whenever I want to.
Fiji Six
We spent another day cruising down to Pacific Harbor. It is always fun to check out the Handycraft shops and walk around somewhere where the foreigners outnumber the locals. Just watch out for the tourist prices. Ouch. It was sweltering hot and I was looking for a cheap little fan to cool off. Uh the lady offered me $20. So I replied in Fijian and walked out the door. Hello that same fan is $3 in Suva; she must have been smoking some good crack to think I would spend $20 on a woven fan. We had a good time though. After shopping around and finding some great deals on necklaces and bracelets we cruised across the street to the beach and relaxed a while. It was a good day and all the kids were knocked out on the drive back to Suva.
Fiji Five
We decided to get away from all the wedding hustle and bustle one day. So up to the Le Suva we went. I had to have a laugh at the receipt that the Forestry Office gave us to enter the park. "2 overseas & 3 locals" Danielle and I cost $5/each. Inoke, Wes, and Esala were only $1/each. Only in Fiji. Wes wanted to hike down the trail from the first pool while Inoke wanted to drive down to the biggest pool at the bottom. So I got out and hiked while Inoke took the car down. Uh, someone should have said it was a full hour of a hike down steep muddy steps and massive spiderweb rain forest. There were eight different pools that all led to the big one at the bottom. It was a beautiful hike and by the time we reached the end Inoke was already swimming in the pool. I was totally bummed that I still couldn't swim so I watched as everyone else took turns on the rope swing. Ahh next trip I will swing too.
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