Fiji Adventure Part 1 !

[sarahblack5]

It seemed to me the best way to cure my blues was to have an adventure, so I bought some land in Fiji. I have not completely talked the kid into moving, but we are going to spend three months camping on our land and bobbing around in the blue Koro Sea this summer. After which I suspect I will have no problems convincing him to pack up the shorts

Comments

[gillianinoz]

How does one go about buying land in Fiji?

My idea of exotic is buying land in Tasmania!

[liade]

My idea of exotic is buying land in Tasmania!

Depends where you live. Buying land in Tasmania is very exotic if you live, say, in Germany (as I do) than for somebody who lives in Sidney or Melbourne.

[sarahblack5]

It's really fascinating- every country is different in their rules about allowing people who are not citizens to buy land, or stay past the typical 90 days on a visitor's visa. The actual mechanics are pretty simple, since banks are international and electronic- or they should be! Boise may be a bit slow in this area.

There is nothing like living with people who are different from oneself- just visiting is really not at all like living in a community. I've always roamed around this way, and my experience has been that first instinct for many communities is to throw open their arms and welcome you into their homes. And feed you.

[liade]

I'm hoping for a bunch of stories with lots of local colour, all set in Fiji. What's the Fijian attitude towards gay people?

My personal Fijian experience is a little more varied: I work for the British military and I get a copy of very single police report (in my area) involving anybody related to the British Forces, whatever the relation. There are loads of Fijian soldiers in the British Army, and they have a formidable reputation for being very good soldiers. But they are also mostly really big and the police reports I receive include a disproportionately high rate of domestic violence involving Fijian soldiers. Hit first, oops later may sometimes work on the front but never at home. And yes, I'm aware that that's me being utterly and irresponsibly facetious.

[liade]

I have been studying methods of crafting houses out of bamboo and thatch

You remind me a lot of the poet in Tootsies...

[sarahblack5]

yes, well, but I always save myself when my adventures go around the twist. That said, the new composting toilet technology looks very promising!

[elena_62]

Hi, Sarah!

I'm glad to hear from you! was wondering if you had recovered from the computer troubles and if everything was all right.

That a real adventure! Fiji sounds like Bahamas or Maledives for me, that is *very far away and exotic*. With the video of the orphaned baby minke whale you would have hooked also me...

And to mix up Fiji and Cuba it's even funnier than mixing up Switzerland and Sweden ;-).

All the best and enjoy San Francisco!

Ciao

Antonella

[sarahblack5]

I swear, I'm about ready to go back to pen and paper. First the virus, and now we have four computers in this house and three are not functioning. I think the kid is taking one of the laptops apart to see if there are any bugs inside. (good grief).

I wish I could travel to the islands off the coast of Africa, but my parents would worry the entire time about pirates. Of course, my son would be captured with me, and it might be like The Ransom of Red Chief-