Update from Fiji

As promised we had a lazy fijian Sunday and didn't leave the resort compound at all. Monday morning I had my first decent sleep-in for years. Our local contact fell ill so a change of plans- the girls went shopping in Nadi town for supplies. Tarli and Kiarra got their first ever pair of flop flops (thongs), we got the latest dodgy DVDs, market breakfast of pineapple and bananas - $ 4 fed us all!

I have almost sorted lunch options for the project and think a team member will be doing a lunch order run each day for an assortment of bakery snacks, indian food and fruit.
We investigated transport options, sought recommendations for timber, hardware, and old tyres from various local sources and discovered everyone had an uncle or cousin in the business !

The girls were stoked at free ice creams from the supermarket to reward us because we were big shoppers spending over $50. If only that was a big spend back home!

We took the local bus everywhere, complete with funky music and windows with no glass!

We spent the evening in Lautoka for Choti's 6th birthday ( we sponsor two girls to attend school). It was the first time anything special had ever happened for one of their birthdays and we shared their first time ever in a pool followed by chicken and chips for tea. These moments always help put things into perspective ! T&K were so excited, but so shy to start with, but by the end of the night we had to physically separate the four girls to get on the bus home.

Tomorrow we plan to visit hardware, timber supplies and potential hotels and I am hoping our local contact is back on deck so we can figure out the minor issue of a project site. I am typing this on the bus on phone and very much looking forward to a cool beverage after a long hot day!