MARIE WEMETT'S BLOG
Cockroaches and Spiders and Rats - Oh My!
Make no mistake – we are not in Kansas anymore :)
Though the kit lists encourage you to bring mossie/bug repellent I thought I would devote a blog to all the creepy critters here on Vorovoro and extra tips on how to deal with them.
RatsYup – they …
Read More >>>Vorovoro Day 8 Carnival Day!!
Tags: Tribe / FijiNo morning alarm (Lali drum) so after breakfast I gathered a shopping list from those not going in and headed for the boat to Lambasa to get supplies for the Carnival. We had two boats going in as another group was going to help the local children paint the trash …
Read More >>>Post Vorovo - Day 11 - Nadi Day
Boy did I SLEEP – about 10 hours or more perhaps. After a big gobby breakfast of eggs, toast and tomotoes I headed into town.
A cabby offered to take me to town, the temple and the Garden of the Giants. After getting used to the prices in Labasa …
Read More >>>Vorovoro - Day 10 - My Sad Departure Day
Tags: Tribe / Fijian / FijiThank goodness Dan’s wristwatch alarm has been going off at 5:45am every day – as the 6am Lali drums did not beat today.
Very quietly I tip-toed about and packed my bags for departure. Very sad to see my bed stripped down… As I was going to put the …
Read More >>>Vorovoro - Day 9 - Sunday
Tags: Tribe / Fijian / FijiSunday here on the island is for the most part a day of leisure and called “Naked Sunday”. We call it that as all of team Fiji (the locals working on Vorovoro) have the day off so we don’t have to hide our shoulders and legs. As I look down …
Read More >>>Vorovoro - Day 7 - Mali School Day
Tags: Tribe / Fijian / Fiji / Local
Up at 6am to the Lali drum alarm. The computer was not in the eco-tricity hut so I spent a good hour writing up my thoughts from days 5 and 6.
At morning meeting I volunteered to teach the students how to play a game on a Linnux based …
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