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Its time to go to Fiji!

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We leave Viti Levu (the main island of Fiji) 2 hours after we arrive in the country, heading for one of the western outer islands.

 

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                    EIGHT people fit in this plane!
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We flew over beautiful views of coral and several different islands

 

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Then we saw Tavewa - the  island where we'd spend the next 4 days

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First time of many in the water - the water temperature is 90o!!

 
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Welcome to Otto and Franny's resort!

Ottos' son Harry made us at home.

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      We scored this beautiful bure, all for ourselves, right near the beach

 

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We were still in go-go-go mode, so we thought we'd do some hiking...  and set our eyes on the hill over on the next island.

 
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       ... the views up there were great...    BUT...

 

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                    at 95o and 100% relative humidity...
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                          the cost was pretty high.

 

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                                             ugh!

 
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    So, we took a different tack towards vacation.

 

 

We spent the rest of the trip in the water, which is why we don't have any pictures of it.

oops.

 

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Then we took the plane out again, and headed home.