Fiji

I spent 11 days in Fiji partaking in various activities: I watched the Pago Pago Yacht Club paddlers make the territory proud in an outrigger race in Suva, caught some smallish surf at Wilkes Passage near Numotu and Tavarua, saw some great coral and marine life while diving, and relaxed in between all of that.

Our cabbie did a meticulous job washing the van window. At first I questioned his attention to detail. Once he started driving the ill-balanced vehicle at speeds upwards of 80 MPH on winding, two-lane roads, I was happy with the care he took:

River:

Ladies Team with a medal-worthy finish:

24 Hour Grog Shop, for that 4:00 am bowl of Kava:

Green Machine:

Ned and Doug get some reading done on the Coral Coast:

Mamanunca Islands:

Mana Island:

Tough Living: