FIJI: Days 17+18

Fun fact: My former hairstylist who had been snipping my mom, aunt, and grandma's hair for years decided to drop everything a couple years back and move to Fiji. At the time I thought she was downright crazy but now I can most definitely see the appeal!

I decided to put our day and a half of Fiji into one blog because we really didn't have enough days in Fiji. I know I for one did as much as I was allowed to cram in there though. The morning after our arrival it was still raining and a bit chilly. This was only a minor distraction for Miles, Gemina and I who signed up for Scuba diving that morning. Once underwater I was instantly glad I didn't let the rain stop me from swimming through coral caves and seeing eels peek around a rockface. When it came to the second dive I do admit that I let nausea stop me from going into the 2nd dive. The second half of the day, after a nice hot shower of course, we all set out to go into the local village to buy some souveniers. One thing on the roads that you will immediately notice is two things: dogs and happy people. More happy people awaited us at the shops with a big BULA!(hello, welcome, goodmorning).

That night was our last in Fiji and also our last night for pow-wow. To put and extra WOW in pow-wow we decided to have it under the Southern stars at the tip of and sand bar peninsula. I have never and probably will never so many shooting stars in my life.

The second day started off with a splash for Van, Kevin, Lauren, Gemina, and I. A Fishing trip was in store. Little did we know that Kevin would have the only catch of the day (a stingray he caught with his own bare hands) before the fishing trip even started. We definitely still had our bonding time and some close calls with rocks and seaweed but sadly to fish (other than me of course). So with our stories straight we marched off the boat with a great tale of a close call with a 40lb yellowfin tuna.