Today is our 3rd day in Fiji and I am happy to report that the skies are still blue and the water is calm and inviting. We took today a trip to a village in one of the islands around ours. It was a great ride in the speed boat there. I did not get […]
Posts from ‘January, 2010’
More Fiji
Our first evening was a communal meal with all of the guests here. At the moment, only seven of the guest houses are occupied, so it was a cozy dinner. Free hors d’ouvres and rum punch and then a buffet of food cooked that afternoon in a Lovo oven (dug in the earth). It included […]
First Day at Lomani Resort
Bula. That is Hello in Fijian, and everyone here will say it to you all the time. It is a friendly country where the sun shines all the time and temps are just perfect in the 80’s. We took a boat ride to our resort from Nadi. The South Pacific sea is as beautiful as […]
We Arrived Safely in Fiji
Just to let you know we arrived safely in Nadi, Fiji, and went to our hotel near the airport to overnight before taking the boat to the island where our resort is in the morning. This is what we woke up to. Off now to Lomani Island Resort. Roger
How We Spent Our Monday and Tuesday
We are in Honolulu now for a 4-hour wait for our flight to Fiji. Thought you would be interested in seeing what you have avoided by taking our trip only vicariously. This is our trip from San Francisco to Nadi: Hour 0: Wake up in San Francisco 4:15 am, Monday morning. Hour 2: Flight to […]
San Francisco
Our first stop was San Francisco, and what a stop it was. We have three terrific sons. Jonathan (also known as Q) and his wonderful wife Michelle and our two gorgeous granddaughters, Zoe (3) and Avery (7 months) live in San Francisco and our middle son Dan and his vivacious fiancee Jenny live outside of […]
Introduction
Irith and I thought long and hard about where we wanted to go for our 40th Anniversary. A limiting factor was that we had to be able to get tickets on Star Alliance airlines, where we have our miles. We started by looking for festivals anywhere in the world that took place on January 25. […]