It’s Cold in Sydney

April 29, 2010 Fiji 2009-2010

Flying into Sydney on Tuesday, I wanted to jump up and down screaming as loud as possible because I was so excited to be in a big city for the first time in 10 months. But, I refrained in fear of getting choke slammed, hog [...]

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A Nice Conversation

March 22, 2010 Fiji 2009-2010

David and Jeanie from Tuscon are visiting the resort right now to dive on the Astrolabe Reef. After diving one day, we three took a long walk through the Joe’s garden.  During the walk,  Jeanie mentioned, out of the blue, that she was learning how [...]

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Spoiled, Spoiled, Spoiled

March 16, 2010 Fiji 2009-2010

Last week a new chef came to work at the Resort and since then we have been eating so well it might be illegal. Perfectly cooked fish, chicken, steak, and veggies from the garden all presented like a real live chef would do it! Sure [...]

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New Years Fijian Style

January 19, 2010 Fiji 2009-2010

From the stroke of midnight January 1st to the first day of school, January 25th??, it is open season on all people. That’s right, OPEN SEASON, in that you can run around and throw water on whoever you want. Old people, young people, in the [...]

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Cyclone Mick

December 15, 2009 Fiji 2009-2010

Well, since my inbox isn’t overflowing with new email asking if I am still alive, I thought it be best to post a little something to let you know I am still kicking. Cyclone Mick skirted the Kadavu group to the north around 10:30 pm [...]

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My First Cyclone

December 12, 2009 Fiji 2009-2010

Saturday night there was an official cyclone warning issued for all islands around Fiji. We’ve been watching the satellite and wind patterns for the last few days. So today we spent the morning boarding up the windows on each bungalow and moved the two boats [...]

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Missing Home

December 10, 2009 Fiji 2009-2010

Chris and Sean are scheduled to come out to Fiji on December 31st so I thought about posting a few pictures to get some laughs. The other day my mind was wandering around Dallas, around Texas. Thinking about friends and good memories from the last [...]

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Petero Uluinaceva

November 5, 2009 Fiji 2009-2010

Today is November 5th, 2009. Today is Guy Fawkes Day. Today is Petero’s 44th birthday. Today is a good day. We are all healthy and happy to be here in Fiji at Mai Dive. Living by the sea in the sun, feeding off of the [...]

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R.S.Y.C.

October 22, 2009 Fiji 2009-2010

The last two days I started drinking beers at 10am. Joe and Joave came in from the island so I met them Thursday morning. Joe sent me for “a jug” which directly translates into “1 pitchers worth of crisp, golden lager.” When I questioned their [...]

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