Days 1,099-1,100: The Southern Lily 2
Wed 04.01.12 – Thu 05.01.12: High noon in Suva saw me bundle myself out of the South Seas hostel and off to the Trans Am Shipping Agents opposite the north…
Days 1,097-1,098: The Last Nights of Suva
Mon 02.01.12 - Tue 03.01.12: Last night I went to the cinema to watch Mission Impossible 4, which I have to say is by far the best in the series,…
Day 1,096: Happy Last Year (Of The Odyssey)!
Sun 01.01.12: Hurrah! 2012 at last! And might I say GOOD RIDDANCE to all that horrible 2011 malarkey. Yuck. Never going back there again. I saw in the new year…
Day 1,095: 2011, In Memoriam
31.12.11: I was looking to do something with some of the people I met last month for New Year, but all of them had either gone home or had shifted…
Days 1,093-1,094: Ed’s Bar
29.12.11-30.12.11: Since you can’t wear clothes for more than a day in Fiji without them turning into sweat rags, I had thrown my togs in for some rather overpriced cleaning…
Day 1,092: The Cannibal King
28.12.11: It was just after 9am when I said my fond farewells to Sandy’s mum and the village of Buda Levu. I jumped the bus north towards the town of…
Days 1,090-1,091: The Fijian Chief
26.12.11-27.12.11: Boxing Day was a long, lazy day, but one in which I learnt an important life lesson: if you’re in a small swimming pool and you get everybody in…
Days 1,088–1,089: A Very Fiji Christmas
24.12.11-25.12.11: Wiping the hangover from my forehead, I exited my bed in a manner reminiscent of a slinky going down the stairs. It was 11.15am. Check out was 10am. Oops.…
Day 1,087: Suva Ascending
23.12.11: The good ship Southern Pearl arrived in Suva on last night. However, since we had been to Wallis and there’s a particular breed of snail that exists on Wallis…
Days 1,062-1,065: The Chief’s Hairdo
28.11.11-01.12.11: 7am on Monday morning, I was just about mustering up the energy to drag myself out of the bed when my mobile rang. It was Lopeti, the port agent…