Spring is here, and the Frangipani are budding. I picked a few, and now the bure smells
divine.
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There are 6 sharks in the shallow brown area |
Breakfast was interesting, we could see 2 white tip reef
sharks out on the reef, hunting their breakfast.
Later that morning, while we were at the pool, we noticed
another grey shape in the water.
While we were watching this fin, Tighe saw another large shark extremely
close to shore, it buzzed the shoreline.
15 sharks were spotted, some in as little as 30 cm of water.
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The crabs scramble out of the water when the sharks are around |
In the afternoon, I tried to convince the boys to swim on
the reef with me, but they preferred the safety of the shore. I saw more fish I hadn’t seen before,
but no more sharks.
Just after 3pm we watched the hangi (lova in Fijian) being
uncovered. Soil, tarps, sheets,
sacks, coconut leaves, then the food. It was our dinner tonight. Lamb, chicken, sweet potato.
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Bill, starting the uncovering of the Lova |
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Soil and tarps |
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Tarps and cotton sheets |
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Sacks and steam |
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Coconut leaves |
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Bill, steam, and coconut leaves |
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Sweet potato, chicken, lamb |
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Bottom of the lova |
The boys spent the rest of the day testing who could make
the biggest splash into the pool. I think Tighe achieved that goal.
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Quinn |
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Tighe |
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Quinn |
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Tighe trying for a bigger splash |
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2 boys means a bigger splash |
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Let's go bigger! |
A visit to the wood carvers hut, and Tighe found a shark out
of Kerosene Wood, and Quinn got a machete out of Ironwood. Decided to watch the sun set from the pool.
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Once the sun went down, the clouds turned a glorious pink |
Dinner was traditional Fijian food. I tried raw fish in coconut, fern
fronds, seaweed and coconut (tasted like salty vegemite cold quiche), baked
fish, the food from the hangi, cooked fish in coconut milk, coconut rice, and
roast pork. The lova food was much less smokier than the Maori hangi, and I liked it. My favourite was
dessert, Vudi Vakasoso, (banana pudding), with bananas, custard, and
raisins. Fijian comfort food.
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