Sorry for the lack of blogs…it has been a rough start.
By Steven Shoppman in
The most grueling is done…I hope.
We are in Fiji now and I can rightfully say that the last month has been the most trying of my entire life. Between the goodbyes, bureaucracies, last minute planning, last minute lack of planning and trying to accomplish all of this predominately between Steve Bouey and myself, I am exhausted. However, for the next three days we will be enjoying the sun and good life in our little paradise called Walu Beach in Fiji. It is a quiet little mini resort about an hour boat ride from the airport in Fiji. We get to sit in hammocks all day and east delicious fresh fish and sit by the pool with nothing but the breeze through the palm trees and the sound of the ocean as a distraction.
From our room up on the side of the mountain we can see miles of blue and green water that almost glows because the colors are so bright and the visibility in the water is so good. The Fijians all wear skirts (boys and girls), which gives it an even greater sense of laid back flavor. In all honesty, I want one too as it is incredibly hot and humid here. When you arrive at the dock in the little dinghy there is a group of locals waiting to greet you playing guitars and singing. Everyone smiles and says, “Bula” to greet you, and the best part is the smiles keep coming even after the first greeting. In a tropical paradise, I would guess it is hard to find many reasons not to be smiling.
There are fresh coconuts on the trees outside and we even went to the trouble of picking some of them for your viewing pleasure and will have a video up soon for you to see of the adventure with coconut fetching, boat riding, scuba diving, and even a Kava ceremony with some locals. We hope to have it up in the next couple of days.
I am eagerly awaiting the chance to give you all more details on this experience, and truly looking forward to the content we will be producing for you in New Zealand. For now, I will be saying goodbye, I think there is a snorkel and fins waiting for me at the activities hut.
