Highlights from Mark and Jen's trip to Fiji and Sydney.

Wednesday, August 31, 2005


What's this thing called again? Posted by Picasa


Artsy pic of the Harbour Bridge and the Opera House. Posted by Picasa


You decide....did Jen lose a lot of weigh or is that a really fat tree? Posted by Picasa


View of Sydney from the ferry. Sydney is definitely a beautiful place mate. Go on now, visit it for yourself. Posted by Picasa


Bondi beach. I didn't see Britney Spears, but I did see a few guys in speedo's. Posted by Picasa


I think the picture say's it all. Posted by Picasa



Sydney's got bats! Batty, batty, batty. These massive fruit bats hung from the trees in the Botanical garden. There were thousands and thousands of them. Posted by Picasa


Damn, we are cute.... umm Jen, next time can you remove the empty can of Fiji Gold from the foreground. Posted by Picasa


Bula, welcome to Fiji! Jen's pose for the Fiji poster girl. Posted by Picasa


Beachcomber Island. Yeah, baby, let's do some body shots! Posted by Picasa


This freaky thing is a Crown of Thorns starfish. Apparently the spikes have venom in them... but I didn't get close enough to test that theory. Posted by Picasa


Underwater landscape around Botaira. Posted by Picasa


View of Botaria from hill. Posted by Picasa


Looks like being inside an aquarium. Snorkling from boat by outer reefl. Posted by Picasa


The three J's bustin' out a mean tune on Botaira. Posted by Picasa


Boy performing during the Meke. A Meke is similar to a Hawaiian Luau, as there is singing and dancing. The real difference is that their are actual Fijian villagers who practice and perform versus someone on the Marriott payroll in Waikiki. Posted by Picasa


The welcoming committee on Botaira. Everytime a visitor arrived on Botaira this crew, Joe, Joe and Jonah (yes, that was actually their names) greeted everyone with a song or two. Also, they played during every meal... except breakfast due to the overdose of Kava from the night before. Posted by Picasa


Royal Angelfish. Picture taken off Botaria. Posted by Picasa


Massive Brain Coral seen swimming off Botaria. This thing had to be at least 10-12 feet across. Posted by Picasa


This was the view from the door of our Bure on Botaria. It totally sucked, because at low tide, I had to walk 50 feet to the ocean instead of 40 feet at high tide.
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Who is that greeting me at my bure? Oh it's Jen, fresh out of the shower. This was our Bure (which is I think Fijian for 'hut') where we stayed on Botaria. Posted by Picasa


Botaria resort on Naviti Island in the Yasawa island group. (not to be confused with Navini Island in the Mamanuca island group.) Posted by Picasa


Reef Shark. These sharks would swim just off shore (sometimes only one or two feet from the shoreline) during the mornings and evenings around Navini. Posted by Picasa


Another view of Navini Island. This was our home for a short four days. Although we hope to go back one day. Posted by Picasa


Beautiful sunset seen from boat on the way to Navini.  Posted by Picasa