Fiji 2004
| Frozen seas and land from London to Los Angeles, First of nine airplane flights |
| Nadi Resort Hotel for one 'night' from 02.30hrs |
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Beautiful
beech and good restaurant and bar on site. Good snorkeling. |
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Cava
drinking and the next day visiting Deut's village and family for supper. |
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Hill
and forest trek to waterfall. Explanations of plants and very hot. |
| Flying between islands from the smallest of airports |
| Homestay, Levuka, Ovalau - brilliant diving and brilliant breakfast with John and Marilyn. |
| The Diving at Wakayi Passage (many sharks easily seen but unfortunately very poor photography of them), Toki Passage, and Wai Tobu. | ||||
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Jelly |
Lobster
that John wanted to eat |
Barracuda |
Clown
fish |
White
tip reef shark |
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White
tip reef shark - actually two if you can see |
Mudskipper |
The
rest are corals |
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Close
up to the right |
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| Karin's Garden, Matei, Taveuni - wonderful private beech at Karin's. Also showing the road to the supermarket. |
| Tavora Waterfalls - Swimming behind the falls and playing Lara Croft (and Gollum) to get to them. |
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Video - Mark
entering Waterfall |
| Again brilliant diving at the Rainbow reef - Great White Wall, Jack's Place, Fish Factory and Annie's Bonnie. The first two, and the Wakayi Passage from Ovalau, were the best. |
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Ribbon
Eel |
Free
swimming Remora |
Skin
diving |
Garden
Eels |
Cardinal
fish in cave |
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Moray
(unfocused) |
Manta |
Manta |
Kathryn
saw the Hammerhead Shark |
Long
fin bannerfish |
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I
clearly saw a Leaf fish - but not now |
Lionfish |
David's
1970's depth gauge working perfectly |
Soft coral |
Soft
coral |
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Corals
and reef fish |
Eel's
mouth |
Marta
after and before biscuits |
On
the dive boat |
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Cardinal
fish in swimthrough caves |
Lionfish |
Kathryn |
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| Fiji from the small planes |
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