Week Eight - Fiji Day
Another week and another celebration. This time it was Fiji's turn to celebrate independence. We all headed over to the Funafuti Lagoon Hotel for dinner and the ceremonies. The evening was presided over by the MC Peteli Paulo, who welcomed us all, and the special guest, Mr Teoni Faafou Paape. There were speeches, then the traditional kava ceremony, ending with the National Anthem and eating the cake. All hands in mixing the kava The special guest drinks kava Two wonderful Fiji Day sponge cakes Cutting the cake Watch us sing Fiji's National Anthem And now the cake. Traditional kava ceremony explained View from the roof of the Bowen's bridge looking North View from the roof of the Bowen's bridge looking South Panoramic view from the roof of the Bowen's bridge looking West This week's work has mainly involved preparing for our second barge load of aggregates from Fiji. The Warringa towing the Bowen takes around 4-5 days to get here from Lautoka. It normally makes ...