Author: Hannah
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Coda
The Jellies (that’s us three) are en route to Tacoma, WA. We are sitting at a restaurant in a hotel across the road from the airport in Nadi. Tomu is sacked out on the floor, lying on our pool towels. Riki is working a crossword. We have a 10 hour layover, so we’ll have plenty…
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Grand Finale
My sister Libby & her friend Rob came to visit for 12 days. Unfortunately we didn’t have the best of weather for them–many cloudy days & a few rainy ones too. Plus it was super windy the whole time. With all our visitors, we try to show them some of village culture as well as…
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Auntie Wub visits Tomu
Wub is a photographer & she took lots of photos of her nephew while she was here. She also invented lots of silly games with him and brought a magnetic fishing toy that was a big hit. Here’s some of her photos. He hates the bath these days. Family meal, Guava-style. Diapering a sleeping baby…
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Kioa
Next we sailed to Kioa Island, a new place for both of us. On the way, we say Manta Rays just in front of the bow, in a shallow spot over the reef. We saw 4 of them, big & black with white mouths. Riki was like a little kid, he was so excited. He…
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Rabi Island
Small captain checking out the anchorage. I find that wherever we go, the people really make the place. We remember places as beautiful and special mostly because of the friends that we made in those places. On Rabi Island the people are Banaban. They speak Banaban (and English), not so much Fijian. They were given…
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Provisioning Adventure
Ten days out of Savu Savu we were pretty much out of fresh fruit and veggies, so we hitched a ride along with our friend Biju in a Fijian fiberglass long boat with a 40 horsepower engine on it over to the island of Taviuni. The boat went very fast and was rather bumpy, too.…
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Homeward Bound
We bought our tickets home for June 30th! I’m excited to be going home–it feels like we’ve been gone a long time, and I’m missing family and friends and food (food that we can’t get here…bagels, Dick’s Deluxe burgers, torta deliciosa, dim sum, Haagan Dazs coffee ice cream, etc.) Both of our thoughts have turned…
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Qamea
Photos from our visit to Qamea. We loved re-visiting our friends here.
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Koro
Photos from our two week stay in Koro, which was supposed to be a few days but the wind was very strong so we couldn’t leave. We really enjoyed hiking every day. Notice who’s wearing my skirt? (his idea)
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Short and Sweet
My dear Peace Corps buddy Benito and his husband Cliff came to Fiji to visit us to celebrate ten years of being together. They rented a house by the beach and also stayed with us on Guava for a few nights. They came bearing gifts of cranberry juice, rum from duty-free, and a plethora of…
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