Because We Can

      I needed to exchange the book I had finished yesterday for a new one at the library, so I bought this shirt. I know that doesn’t make sense, but Fiji does weird things to a person.     Navini pathway. No words needed.     Navini beach babe.     Homemade vanilla ice cream coated with fresh grated coconut and topped with a scrumptious dark chocolate sauce. It simply doesn’t get better than this.     I take that last sentence back. Add in a stunningly beautiful woman and the result is paradise, Fiji style. Lucky Bob.     Snorkel babe.     All dressed up for dinner. If you guessed that we absolutely love here, you’d be 100% right. And for those that are wondering, I’ll end by saying that I have even less on under my sulu than I had last night and leave it at that.

    Not everyday need be packed full of activities. Some days it is okay to simply sit back and smell the roses, or whatever the name of this flower is that grows scattered around Navini. I thought that was a nice way of using another of Linda’s flower photos if I do say so. Budding Bob.     Another day, another outing.     Linda the handline fisherlady.     The number of people fishing went up significantly today. I wonder if the fact I showed a lot of people the photos and bragged about the fish Linda caught the other day had anything to do with it?     Today my job was to feed the fish, making them hungrier yet so they attacked everyone else’s hook. Okay, so I admit it, I was the only one of the eleven of us not to catch a fish. Skunked Bob.   I couldn’t even catch a fish and meanwhile, Linda not only caught fish, she worked on her suntan at the same time. Not fair. Not fair.     First rule of ...

      We all have things in life that present us difficulty in achieving them. You might guess that one of them was achieved from the title of today’s post. However there was an even bigger accomplishment today as the above photo shows. I actually ate a slice of watermelon!!! Linda did point out that I didn’t need to eat every tiny bit of the red, but it was so good I couldn’t help myself. Though this in no way means I will be eating what passes for watermelon when we return to the States. Delusional Watermelon Connoisseur Bob.     We have fresh flowers in our room everyday. Linda is good at taking a photo of them. I have not been as good at posting her flower photos. With flowers blooming all over the island it is easy to overlook what is right in front of us. Thankfully Linda does a good job of pointing out the beauty that is all around us.     A few years ago a hurricane reeked havoc in this part of the Fiji Islands. One side of  Na...

On Navini they use the wet landing method of getting on and off  boats. The beach shoes Linda bought make it really easy to walk across the coral beach and out into the water. In a stroke of genius, after she received hers, I decided I wanted a pair also. They are worth their weight in gold even if the hardly weigh anything. Brilliant Linda. Thankful Bob. Out on the wide, blue Pacific Ocean, our destination a special reef and a morning of snorkeling fun. Feet, they’re all different, I have to say that the neon yellow beach shoes on my feet definitely set the standard. Freely’s, don’t go near the water without them. Okay, so I just made that saying up, but Freely’s are for real. In case I haven’t mentioned it, we really do like our Freely’s. Impressionable Bob.   Linda decided, wisely I might add, that with the little experience at snorkeling she has had, it was best that she stay on the boat. As for me, I had a wonderful time in the water. In all, there...