Bula Bula: September 2005

Cold chillin in Fiji. Yeah, baby, that's how I roll. (Now hurry back Jen before I finish your delicious Fiji Gold.)

View from the hallway at the W looking down into the main bar/lounge area. Pretty pimp, huh Brian. At night there were crazy kids staying up late drinking and listening to music at this club. We called the cops on them!

Our view from our window at the W... yes, Adrian it's Cafe de Wheels... meat pies with mushy peas, yum!

The pier in the foreground was converted and now contains the W Hotel (where we stayed one night), restaurants and (at the very end) Russel Crowe's house... or at least one of his pads.

The Botanical Gardens in Sydney. This had to be the nicest park I have ever visited. Not only were there bats hanging out in the trees, but also rare and exotic plants. We, i.e. Jen, could have spent days here!

The Harbour Bridge in Sydney. You can take tours of the Bridge and climb over the top. Can you see the people climbing on the bridge?

Do you see them now? Here is a close up of people walking on the Harbour Bridge.

View from the porch of our Bure in Navini. (Just straight out to the left hand side is where we saw sharks every evening, cool huh?)

Ok, ok, this photo isn't great, but it was taken in about 40ft. of water. This Spotted Eagle Ray was about 6+ feet long (including it's tail).

This was the largest Reef Shark we saw. It was about 5 feet long. Although it was hard to tell because, like the last photo, was taken in approx. 40 feet of water. This shark was spotted on the outer reef outside Navini.

Sea Cucumber. There were about 4-5 types of Sea Cucumbers that we saw in Fiji. This one was grazing around the coral. Note the 'feelers' coming from it's head. These feelers might be mouths for all I know, but I will let someone more informed about the subject comment.

This was my entry for one of those inspirational posters. I call it 'Discover', as in discover how lazy you can get for one week in Fiji.

Reef Shark close to shore. Note the shoreline running parallel about 1 1/2 feet from the shark.

Parrotfish going to the dentist.

Trumpet fish off Navini.

Parrotfish with standard issue Cleanerfish in-tow.

What up dawg? Just chillin with da fishes.

A view of paradise... a photo of Navini taken on the way back from 'hand-fishing'. Our Bure (hut) was the one farthest on the right-hand side of the picture. Squint hard and you can see lounge chairs on the beach which lead up to our Bure.