We're settled in comfortably at The Beach House, a "backpacker's resort" on the coast of Fiji's Viti Levu island. It's pretty and pleasant, much like a low-cost version of Hawaii's Kona Village (and without the luxury of, say, a private bathroom.) We're planning to stay for 4 nights but might extend to 7 -- buy 6 and the 7th is free, which literally equals the cost of 4 one-hour massages. (They're $20 Fijian each, or about $12 US. How can I possibly resist?)While I'm attempting to fully relax and enjoy the Beach House's plentiful hammocks and 5-hour jewelry-making classes, I'm admittedly plagued by a few worries, for instance fear of falling coconuts. Coconutophobia? We've heard from numerous sources that such natural disasters are the #1 cause of death in Fiji. Be warned! Do not be tempted by the palm trees' inviting shade and breeezy green fronds! I also worry intermittently about leaving valuables in our bure, sharks, mangy dogs with unidentifiable skin afflictions, and the distinct possibility that I will never get tan.
On the bright side, it's completely lovely here, and they have 5-hour jewelry-making classes. They also have computers that allow us to access the desktop and thus to offload photos -- but the connection is dial-up and at the moment I am unable to get even a single photo to worm its way onto Flickr. Stay tuned...
(Also, if you e-mailed me and I haven't responded yet, please don't give up hope -- this dial-up is making even a single blog post nearly impossible. Oh, for the Motel 6's high-speed wireless!)
Day 3 nearly complete, and still no death by coconut. Yay! ..........
6 Comments:
It sounds so perfect - despite the falling coconuts. Yay for Fiji!
i'm not sure how i'll take it if you get plunked by a coconut. the shark thing sounds more reasonable, but please avoid both. see you @ the octopus!
we saw two coconuts fall to the ground yesterday ... one brown, and one green which completely blew my theory of "be careful of brown coconuts". oh, well.
can't wait to see you, square!
Yay! And: Safety first with those coconuts, kids! I don't want to spend our family vacation in an unsterile hospital ward.
Emergency and Overdue P.S.
Your hair looks fabulous
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Good "heads up" about the coconuts (sorry, obvious pun was too easy to resist)! I almost got killed by one of those darnfangled things in Thailand...landed right next to me while I was walking around in the dark. It hit the ground so hard it left a coconut-sized hole.
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