Because We Can

      A Fiji sunrise photo sort of. The sun comes up on the other side of the island, and when I was there earlier I didn’t have my camera, so this will have to do. Lazy Bob.     I’ve been remiss at both describing Navini and posting photos of what it look like. The best thing about it is awesome looking women that are here, and that starts at breakfast and continues throughout the day.     This is Linda’s favorite from breakfast fruit bowl, a slice of perfectly ripe, fresh pineapple. The pineapples are smaller than ones in the states, with a tiny core and great pineapple taste without being overly sweet. Happy Linda.     Linda really like the rake sticking out of the sand in front of our bure. From her comments I knew what I needed to do. Yes Dear Bob.     Just another of the things that make Fiji special.     Linda has standards when it comes to beachcombing, as all shells are required to be certa...

      Don’t think everyday in Fiji is the same, eat, read, snorkel and sleep. Take today for example when we were faced with which way do you turn the sink faucet handle to get hotter water. Once we got it figured out, we went to breakfast, read, then went snorkeling. Just so you know, here there is no such thing as cold water from the faucet, just warm, warmer and hot. Obviously our Fiji isn’t for everyone, then there are the big resorts for those that demand cold water, also love mobs of people.     The three wonderful ladies, Joka, Ana and Esta who serve our meals always tease me about the cup of green tea I have with breakfast. This morning I changed it to lemon tea. When Ana brought my tea she told me that real Fiji lemon tea is different than what they serve here. Instead of tea and lemon in a bag, they simply steep the leaves of the lemon tree, something we will have to try when we are at our daughter’s house over Christmas.     If y...

    Linda, the Fiji Islands girl enjoying her shells. There is just better way to start the day than to rearrange your shells. I will not be the only one counting the days until we return again to the lands of the south pacific. So much to see, so many trips to take.     Interesting how how paradise was here all along, yet we were always focused on somewhere else.     It was definitely more than two steps in the water and then onto land with this mornings wet landing.  That is the native Fiji village we were going to visit in the distance.     Sulus lifted, off we go.     It’s a long way to dry land.     You’ve come a long ways, baby.     The schoolyard in the village. Each village has its own dialect and in school the kids learn both standard Fijian and English so they are fluent in three different languages.     Definitely not the view we have from our bure on Navini, bu...

      This is our last day with this view. When we arrived on Navini, instead of placing us in the bure we had rented, they upgraded us to this one, which is the nicest one on the island. Tomorrow we will be moving into the bure we had orginally rented for the remainder of our stay. It is slightly smaller, but it is in the perfect location to easily snorkel the reef. Regarding the move, Linda the snorkel lady, remarked, “We can move our things and then go snorkeling.” Have I created a snorkel monster? Happy Bob.     How the well dressed Navini babe dresses during the day. Swimming suit and no shoes. It’s a tough life but she is up to it.     Linda, the beachcomber.     A water eye view of our little portion of the island.     Blue fish.     Blue starfish.     Blue sea something or other.     Sea creature.     Tired, but happy snorkel queen.     ...