BLOGS FROM VOROVORO

"There's a lot of love on this island"

Tags: Tribe / Fiji
Hannah Sinclair By Hannah Sinclair, Wellington, New Zealand Posted 12 Jun 2008
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(quote from Jim Kerridge – island gapper extraordinaire)

I’ve just bushwacked my way through the four peaks challenge for the first time – by myself! YEAH! I have a sense of achievement and am feeling on top of the world. Or on top of Vorovoro, which is also pretty …

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WHICH COMES FIRST? THE CHICKEN OR THE EGG?

Tags: Tribe / Fiji
Liz Montgomery By Ili or Elisabethie, California, USA Posted 11 Jun 2008
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On Vorovoro, it’s the chicken.

Late last June 2007, when I left my fabulous 10 days at Tribewanted, everyone was excited about the pending chicken project. Coops were being built and chicks and hens and roosters were going to be bought so we’d have our own sustainable chicken farm. ...

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Epeli's Top Tip for the Best Bath in Vorovoro

Tags: Tribe / Fijian / Fiji
Nigel Carlos By Rocco, London, UK Posted 06 Jun 2008
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by Nigel Carlos (AKA “Rocco”)

Sea water and coconut soap usually does the trick for most tribe members however Team Fiji’s elder statesman and chainsaw artist, Epeli, has shared with me his top tip for keeping clean on the island.

“I go and take a bath here every …

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Self Sufficiency Stats - March 2008

Tags: Tribe / Team / Fijian / Food / Fiji
Giles Dawnay By Jale, Vorovoro, Fiji Posted 26 Apr 2008
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Hey tribe, sorry for the delay on the stats.

Once again we’re hitting near the 25% mark which is good. Lost of fruit coming from the trees and gardens improving. We’re going to have a Vorovoro day in the next 2 weeks where we only feed ourself from what …

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Zaishu!

Tags: Build / Chiefs / Fijian / Sustain / Fiji / Global
Kaz Brecher By Kazoo, California, USA Posted 25 Apr 2008
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So, tribe, my chief project, the painting of Fijian Zaishu stools, is coming to an end. We printed the final pattern, taken from the Northern Fijian artform of woven mats, and we used two designs. One came from the chief mat that I have been using this month, in ceremonies, ...

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Whatever happened to the Whale (Tovuto)?

Tags: Chiefs / Fijian / Fiji
Kaz Brecher By Kazoo, California, USA Posted 18 Apr 2008
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I remember feeling very sad when I heard that the whale, swimming listlessly around Mali at Christmas time, had finally died. It must have been ill, as it’s very unusual for such a large Sperm whale to be so close to the shore. And, it seems, when the local Fijians …

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Welcome to the garden!

Tags: Tribe / Fijian / Food / Fiji
Chris Riley By Warrior, Kent, UK Posted 02 Apr 2008
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Bula sia! Welcome all Tribewanted members, past, present and future, to Vorovoro island’s garden blog. The garden plays a vital role in the island, providing the tribe with deliciously fresh fruit ‘n’ veg and a playground for all the aspiring Alan Titchmarshes” that visit Vorovoro, (myself included!). The progress in …

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Everybodys Free (to wear Coconut Oil)

Tags: Team / Food / Fiji
Giles Dawnay By Jale, Vorovoro, Fiji Posted 23 Mar 2008
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[read this to the tune of Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Everybody’s free (to wear to sunscreen)]

Taukei and vulagi of the class of Vorovoro 2008, wear coconut oil.

If I could offer you one tip for the future, coconut oil would be it. The long term benefits of coconut oil …

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Island Info Pack

Tags: Tribe / Team / Fiji
Adam Carter By Atama, NSW, Australia Posted 22 Mar 2008
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The team on Vorovoro have been working extremely hard over the last few months and we now have an great little information pack that we’d like to share with the rest of the online community. This info pack is full of information that is useful to visitors on Vorovoro, but …

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