NIENKE KROOK'S BLOG
Not Without My Island (TW in GEO Magazine)
A few months ago, I was contacted by the German magazine “GEO Special” for an interview about my adventures on Vorovoro. They wanted to make a special about islands this time and one section in the magazine was to be about six people and their favourite island. I skyped with a journalist for about an hour (in English fortunately, my German isn’t that well) and had photos of me (in sulu) taken at the ZOO in Amsterdam (not quite Fiji, but it did the trick). Finally, on february 3th, I got to see the result. Even though a lot of …
Read More >>>Last video of Team Fiji in London!
Here is the last video from the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show with Team Fiji and the Tribemembers for you to enjoy.
- Including Leavi driving a bus, Api’s true story about his woolen hat, Te’s Snakedance Moves, Marau’s lifesaving skills and Tale’s new addiction called ‘Scooby DOO’
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Team Fiji vs. The Beatles: The Hampton Court Show rocked off!
Tags: Local
For a second, you’d believe you were back in Fiji: three traditional thatched Fijian bure stand (surrounded by beautiful orchids and banana plants) next to the water; a bamboo bilibili raft lies waiting for it’s boatcaptain; girls in sulu chamba’s wander around with flowers in their hair and the boys …
Read More >>>Eden Project visit: "Welcome to Fiji!"
Yet another great day for Team Fiji, this time visiting the Eden Project in Cornwall. As they got a tour, walking around in the two big bubbly biomes, they gave away mini-concerts that were such a succes to the public that i heard whispers about the new Jackson 5 going …
Read More >>>Looking up in London (Team Fiji goes sightseeing)
Since Ben already wrote a great recap of the day, here’s just the hilarious footage of Team Fiji’s day out in London city. Enjoy!!!
For all my photos of this day and upcoming events, check my Flickr site here"
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Read More >>>Macuata Day - Nadouri Village (nov '08)
Tags: Tribe / Chiefs / Team / Fijian / Gatherings / Video / Dream Foundation / Fiji
It’s been a while since i visited Vorovoro, but (as it goes for everyone i guess) the great memories stay forever!I’m finally getting into editing the video material i shot during my 7 months travel (of which 6 weeks with Tribewanted) and this little clip i just had to share …
Read More >>>Tribewanted Articles
Tags: Tribe / Team / Global
When browsing the internet (and yes, google-ing my own name, who hasn’t done that…), I came across the website gapyear.com. It turns out they have a lot of information about the Tribewanted project, as well as a couple articles (turned into very nice PDF’s) from tribies & staff. I even …
Read More >>>Nienke Krook's February 2009 Chief Manifesto
Why would I like to be Chief?
When I first arrived on Vorovoro, I didn’t know what to expect. Thought that maybe 3 weeks were too much… I ended up staying 6 weeks and still felt it was too short!
As I found my way around the island, …
Read More >>>Walk Like A Fijian, a tribe members review of the project
Tags: Tribe / Pictures / Fijian / Local / Global
Before I left the island, we had an interesting discussion in the sustainability forum about what TribeWanted means to us. The project has been running for two and a half years now, but what have we achieved? Do we feel it’s been successful so far? How can we explain to …
Read More >>>Let’s Celebrate!
There’s not much needed for a party on Vorovoro. Last week, we had 3!
We started with a great theme party on Saturday. Because the male part of the tribe rejected the first idea of dressing up in ‘Tarzan and Jane’-inspired outfits (‘we’ll get cold and bitten by mozzies…’), …
Read More >>>Offboard Entertainment ...
“Passengers of flight FJ 005 to Suva, onwards to Labasa, please proceed to gate 10. Your plane is now ready for boarding.”
I blink twice. Did I hear that right? I check the time. 5:50 am. My plane is bound to take of at 6:10. I can’t believe it. …
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