My travelling hoop is attracting a lot of attention - everyone from an Auckland bus driver to the attendant at the check in desk has been asking about it. Arriving in Fiji, the customs officer asked me “can you use that? Show me??” and then they cheered as I hooped in the airport in my socks - awesome! Nandi for me is a six hour layover, stuck in a hot airport filled with Australians sporting new Fijian braids in their hair. I wish I had planned to have a day or two here, the island looked just gorgeous flying in, and visitors were greeted by three guys strumming guitars and singing a Fijian welcome - you can’t help but smile! Instead I had to be content to enjoy a cold Vonu lager, and read about the vonu dina sea turtle, and the work that is going into protecting this majestic species :)
Fun fact of the day: Fiji has the third longest barrier reef in the world - the Great Sea Reef runs along the edge of the continental shelf in a near continuous chain for over 200 kilometres! After posting this, I was befriended by a cheeky Fijian boy who spent the better part of the next four hours trying to convince me to stay in Fiji. He had my hooked by telling me about all the tropical fruit they grow - mangoes, papaya, bananas… and lovo, the Fijian version of hangi, mmm! Talk to me about food any day! ;) Funniest point of the afternoon was when he told me, “yeah, we drink a lot here… Drink, drink, pass out.. No - don’t pass out! The Fijians will kill you.” Still unsure how much he was joking. He turned out to be in the military. Hmmm. A painful ten hour flight delivered me into the cacaphony that is LAX - oh my freaking god. Crazy bus driver Ray saved me from the madness, and my jet lagged first afternoon in Cali involves $3 margaritas by the poolside, scheming tomorrow's adventures - a fine start!
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I am a conservation field worker in New Zealand. I love mountains, sunrises, river swims, barefeet, cold beer, campfires, live music and whiskey. Archives
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