Saturday, October 18, 2014

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Fiji: A Story in Topside Pictures

Where to go
Teka, the activities director, cracking a coconut with a machete
Teka pressing coconut water and ground flesh to make coconut milk
The coconut meat grinding stool
The Spa. Had a wonderful foot massage upon our arrival and I enjoyed a facial on our last day.
The restaurant/lounge as seen from the water
Ryan enjoying the hammock
The sunset as seen from our Bure
Our Bure
The restaurant/lounge area seen from the pool area
My favorite tree as seen from our hammock
View overlooking the dive boats from our Bure
A woman's basket worn as a backpack
Teka weaving coconut palm frond into a basket.
The men's basket used to carry coconuts
Teka demonstrates how to use the basket - there would be multiple baskets carried on the stick at the same time
Fijian drums that would be banged to announce a certain time such as meals, dive time, activity time
The board announcing the day's events
Village tour shot: on the way to the village looking back at the resort area
Village tour shot: the church
Village tour shot: a general store
Village tour shot: cool macro shot with blurred background
Village tour shot: a private abode
Village tour shot: the pre-school
Village tour shot: a bulletin announcement at the entrance of the pre-school
Firewalking: prepping the grounds
Firewalking: They walk on hot rocks, not embers. Only Indians walk on embers (or so we were told)
Firewalking