Most of our work is now done and we are heading back to Australia tomorrow, Isa lei (How sad). We have all grown to love Fiji and we will miss the happy smiling Fijians. So today we headed down to the Fijian resort for some swimming, snorkelling and shopping. The difference between life in the village where the average wage is about $2.50 a day and the excesses of the resort were startling, everything was so expensive! Also that the resorts are full of Australians rather than Fijians. “The snorkelling experience was amazing and I would make learning to swim a first priority,” said Jing. We saw a plethora of sea creatures; starfish, sea slugs and pretty fish. This trip has been one of many “firsts”, with Coleby’s first flight, Sarah’s first stay in a Fijian village and Jing’s first snorkel. The trips in the bus have been very interesting. Trucks overloaded with sugar cane, houses up on tall poles and the Nabou Biomass power plant in construction which is being run by one local Fijian company and three South Korean firms. This Biomass can produce 12 Megawatts a day and the whole project would cost Fijian $72million. This trip has been an amazing experience with so much happening in such a short period of time. Soon we will go over all the photos so we can relive all the highlights.
