[ecurbh]

Yeah, its an interesting ethnic mix there. There's the native Fijians, and the Indians were originally brought in to work the plantations. We were housed by the Fijians themselves, and the best part of the trip was just getting to visit with them in their homes. They even treated us to a native feast... lots of fresh fish and seafood, including roasted sea slug (which I wasn't brave enough to try).

I didn't get time to take many pictures, but most of the ones I did get turned out pretty good!

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Fantastic!

[osagebowman]

THat is a beautiful picture, suitable for framing as they say. One day we went on a hydrofoil to Mana Island for a day trip and beach feast. Seeing how few of us there were, the hydro guys opted out of picking us up later in the day. The manager radioed in a real fishing boat picked us up, two masts, native crew, ice cold coke (okay, it was in with the fish on ice) sitting in folding deck chairs, that was a really nice trip back.

One of the crew asked if my sunglasses were polarized and I said yup, he asked to borrow them and he passed them to the helmsman, who said "thanks, man, easier to see the reefs" Okayyy. Glad I had them to give him.