Feb 5

Feb. 4: We were in Fiji today and the city we docked in - Lautoka - was not a delightful place. We headed off the ship about 10 and it was so hot and humid that Ginnie decided she could not walk to the shuttle bus. She couldn’t breathe in the humidity. So I went on the shuttle by myself and it was definitely not worth the effort. The bus had natural air-conditioning otherwise known as no windows! It took us to the center of town and dropped us off in front of the only nice store in town. I wandered a couple of blocks and went in some of the stores but found nothing too exciting. The best part of Fiji was the sunrise and the sunset and we were coming and then going - pictures of both are included. Ginnie and I went to the movies this afternoon - we saw Spanglish which was pretty good. Seemed like a good thing to do when there was no bridge and it was too hot to sit outside. Then beer, dinner, and CSI and now it is bedtime. The other 2 pictures I’ve included are of our lovely weather in Samoa - those white spots are raindrops and the picture of the tug from our porthole shows how windy it was. They had to keep the tug there to keep the ship up against the dock! All for now. On to New Caledonia where we have a tour lined up. Of course - that is Monday - which is Super Bowl Monday - yes, Super Bowl Monday. The game is on at 10 am. Our tour is in the afternoon and if the game is still going on and close we might not take the tour.