IAN COOPER'S BLOG
Wavu diaries.....Pupu's ping pong table
A few months ago a tribe member came back to the island who had been here last year. Clinton Ross, a.k.a Kele, returned to the island for another month in paradise. At the end of his time he passed on some money with the express purpose that it be used to build a new ping pong table. Well it’s been a busy few months since then, and the project was put on hold…….until now! This was going to be a perfect project for Pupu. Chuck and I approached Pupu and told him that we had been donated money to build …
Read More >>>Raina "UCA" Jensen.....a memorial
Whilst sat drinking grog in team fiji bure, i received a message from the uk. The message came from Kimbo, it read;
Team Fiji, I’m sorry i cannot bring any kava with this message but Raina has passed away. Vorovoro first footer and gapper. i’m sad with this news …
Read More >>>Wavu Diaries.......Mali school boat
With the end of the year approaching preparations are being made for the island to take a break over the hurricane season.The usual activities and island life will continue all the way to the end of the year, new tribemembers arriving, the trips, work and grog sessions all still as …
Read More >>>Wavu diaries.......Mali school visit
every Friday afternoon tribemembers get the chance to go over to Mali island.The reason for this is to attend the mali district school and interact with the school kids. During the time at the school we have chance to go into the class rooms and spend time with the children, …
Read More >>>wavu Diaries.......Coconut leaf weaving
This past week we have all been focusing on landscaping and preparing the grounds for the rainy season. Lots of work has been happening all over the village. Grass cut, weeds pulled, new plants and new pathways. it really is a great time to be on Vorovoro, everyone working laughing …
Read More >>>Wavu Diaries......The pontoon project
This month we have a Chief who was here in 2008 as a tribemember, Richard Walsh. Richard has returned after talking none stop to his girlfriend, Carolina, about the island of Vorovoro. This time he has heightened his experience though by taking on the position of “Movember” Chief……there is a …
Read More >>>Wavu Diaries....Village landscaping
We finally had good rain!!!!!
A great start to this blog! we had such a long period of no rain fall, well not enough to even make the ground damp. Last week and the week before we had some substantial rain which although didn’t fill the damn completely, was …
Read More >>>Wavu Diaries.......The sunset fishing trip
Having the ocean right on your doorstep is something that has to be taken advantage of as often as possible. The sunsets that we see day by day here on the island STILL take your breath away no matter how many you have seen. a walk up to sunset peak …
Read More >>>Wavu Diaries.....The Reef trip
Sat in the hammock society and looking out onto the south pacific ocean, there you can see, just on the horizon, waves breaking over the 3rd largest reef in the world. This is the reef that we go and snorkel, to look at the wonders of the ocean life around …
Read More >>>Wavu Diaries...the 4 peaks
Thursday this week was the hike around the island. We are noticing the difference in temp as each week passes as we need to leave for the hike earlier and earlier. This week we left at 6:30am…..after a late night grog session the night before :S
*The 4 peaks …
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