Comments: omg - I'm in freakin' FIJI!!!!

Looking out my window is like looking at a postcard. If you'd like to see more pics just click the link. Here's an even better picture by my roomie Julie

these are just my random ramblings in note form until i get them better organized.

07.08
ole chit - only started @ 4:00AM for the 5:00AM airport for the 7:00AM flight!
cool GPS on plane
nap made time change nothing.
dale had hotel room, walked 6 blocks for Korner Deli - yum & fun
AB SEA photo went back for $75 red lens. took cool pics of planes overhead.
left hotel @5:30PM - long time till plane leaves @11:30 -
EVERYBODY leaves for the pacific late at night - what a madhouse

07.09
ole chit - full plane ALL 430 + 28 on 747-400 to Fiji
got a bank row - 2x leg room - schweet - next to a jerk w/hot chick with massive hooters!
- grumpy, grumpy - i started laughing at him, so did she!
slept but thristy - ROUGH landing - dave said he "never puckered so tight"
cadbury's at cafe, awesome chocoate doughnut.
puddlejumper awesome over reefs
fund ride to GIR - got the best room in the hotel!
didn't goto waterfall, did the mouthpiece w/julia instead. ohmy
cheeseburger IS in paradise. finally felt like Fiji after nap.
kind surprised - sunset @ 5:30PM (it IS winter after all)
but beautiful 2'~3; bats in trees
long trip - glad 2 be here.
saw the southern cross!

07.11
gd frikken reg is busted. stayed @ 30' & missed evertthing, couldn't see chit except for dead coral.
julie did great i guess - she kept with the japanese guy 'cos he had yellow fins!'
i guess seeing other folks pics will have 2 do.
everyone said it was only a so~so dive, but....

lazy slow afternoon, but sunset was clouded out.
dave looked @ my reg and it is toast. HP seal was crooked and NO o-ring. switched out julies' to brut.

07.13
woke up to cloudy , almost piddle rain over the main island

07.14
Went shopping for sulu's got 2 but wasnt' very successful @ the bargaining part.

07.15
band played a good ol' tune " you left me, just when i needed you most"

RANDOM THOUGHTS:
soup is the best. had to have two bowls of the pumpkin soup. with the reading i had done, the FIJIAN people are happy kind people. the REALLY are. of course the resort staff are nice (yes, they all learned my name) went with nancy down to the other village for sulu shopping. at the little stores next to the resort everybody was nice. you're not used to it. jos h& danw had bought a wood mask and a fellow wlaked up, shook our hands, asked where we came from & proudly stated that he had carved the mask. we were both kinda'yea sure' after but now a few days later, i don't doubt it a bit. on the walk to the water every car that we passed had waving smiling folks, on the walk to the next village even the guys workign on the bridege were all smils and 'bulas' asked the shop lady for a a turgle print and she jumpe on the phone to the little store across the street and he took out dozens of shirts to show me and i was "that's OK, don't need to see them all" and he happily said "that's OK, that's how we know what we have" took a $2.00 taxi ride back to the resort. talked with Tomo the security guy and he just beamed on my compliments of their rich heritage and wonderful island.

- even 'ane' laughed & dave's cocounut killing joke
- little bit-0 excitement on josh/dawn wes/staci night dive. wes didn't quite make it to australia!
- if you don't like the weather on FIJI, just wait a day: beautiful yesterda, cloudy & windy today.
- the light rain last night was gorgeous through the lighted palms
- warm southerly breeze is wild.
- NO - i haven't seen the water drain the wrong way. tired, but went straight down!
- room gets rearranged every time i go in it.

Last Day
- relaxed and went to the international date line 180 deg meridian
- everbody wore sulu's for tonights festivities. it was totally awesome show the staff put on. i was really & truly touched when everybody was getting there 'prom' pictures under the tiki torch and was about to have mine alone and staci, dawn and becky jumped in for the picture. my heart almost burst.