LUCAS CAHILL'S BLOG
I speared my first fish!
Guess what? I speared my first fish the other day. All this time on the ocean and I hadn’t got one yet!
I went out with my Dad and Nemani to go spearfishing out on the reef, and we had barely left the shore when I saw a fish hiding in a hole.
Now, underwater everything looks MUCH bigger than it really is, so I took my spear and poked it in the hole and got the fish! The only problem was that it was smaller than my hand! I’ll have better luck next time.
So now …
Read More >>>I speared my first fish!
Guess what? I speared my first fish the other day. All this time on the ocean and I hadn’t got one yet!
I went out with my Dad and Nemani to go spearfishing out on the reef, and we had barely left the shore when I saw a fish …
Read More >>>Look what the hurricane blew in!
Guess what everybody ??? I have a new house! A few weeks ago, my mom and dad decided that I needed to go somewhere other than the Funhouse (This is where I had been living since we first got here), since it can bunk 3 Tribe members, and at the …
Read More >>>A Lucky Find!
A few weeks ago, near the full moon when the tides were super extra high, a sea snake washed up dead on the beach. It was as long as my sister is tall. Ever since we first came here and Pupu Epeli told me about his sea snake skin belt, …
Read More >>>Vorovoro's whale skeleton
Up in the Fijian village where Francis and Poasa live, there is a large shelter that houses a sperm whale skeleton. Some people have told me it is a baby one, but my mom looked it up online and based on the size it sounds like it was probably an …
Read More >>>A Vorovoro favorite - The Chocolate Game
A few nights ago we played the chocolate game in celebration of Bethany’s birthday. The Chocolate Game is also called Chocolate Sixes.
To play, you place a scarf, a hat, some gloves (or socks work well), a plate of chocolate bar, and a fork and knife in the middle …
Read More >>>Ringing in the New Year - Fijian style
On New Year’s Eve, we went to Ligau Levu and partied until it got really late. When the 2 hour long church services started, we came back to the island and rang in the new year on Vorovoro.
Dinner at Ligu Levu was super super awesome. The table was …
Read More >>>A visit to Jone's house
Last night, I went to Jone Namu’s village and spent the night at his house. We left the on boat from Vorovoro and caught the bus in Malau to his house. When we got to his house, everybody started yelling “Bula!”, and once again, just as before, I said A …
Read More >>>In search of an octopus
There is an octopus under the billibilli. The billibilli is the bamboo raft that is anchored offshore out on the reef. My dad heard some stories from tribe members about an octopus that lives in some rocks under it. I haven’t seen it yet, but I’m going to go snorkeling …
Read More >>>Bats!
Tags: Sustain / FijiIt is mango season, and the bats are eating every last one and dropping the mango pits onto the ground. It’s a mess! So a few days we went bat hunting with slingshots and sticks. We walked up and down and up and down the beach looking in the trees …
Read More >>>Lucas goes to Vuo Village
A few weeks ago I spent a weekend at Jone’s village called Vuo. When we first got there, we dropped off our things at his house and met his family, then we went to his Grandma’s for dinner and lots of talking. After that, we went to the curry night …
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