First visit from a Family Member

Benson graced us with his presence for a week in which he saw a side of Fiji most tourist choose to ignore. He spent about 10 days with us in rainy Suva to start with. Mostly occupying himself with the various eateries around the place and what he could get for a little as possible. I think his favourite was the 50 cent roti wraps at the market which are a veggie curry wrapped up in a roti. The local open aired buses pumping out the reggae music was also a favourite.

Ben also brought with him the first care package from home. Of which, the main ingredients were a whole bunch of lollies and 4 pairs of thai pants. Bella, needless to say, was excited to see both Ben (who she hadn't seen in over 12 months) and the package.

Somehow we managed to get sunshine on the first weekend but Bella and Ben chose an indoor option, much to the disagreement of myself. The evidence is below, notice the brilliant sunshine outside. I don't know, the Wallace's and reading, honestly.

We did however make it to the touristy path on the last weekend before Ben's departure. But still just staying at simple accomodation and catching the local buses around to the local beach. Ben you'll be pleased to know i didn't put in the photo of you losing all your money in poker.

This is Natadola beach, the best on the main island. Notice the huge surf that me and Ben were about to take on. There was a perfectly breaking lefty a short walk away. Problem was it was about half a foot and pretty hard to catch. Twas fun to paddle around in the sun, none the less.

The elder siblings.