Unbeknownst to us at the time we approached a sandy bank on the brown Nam Ou river and stuttered to a halt. This was it our village home for 3 weeks. We grabbed our bags and the tools climbed the sand bank and climbed the stairs made of rocks, tree trunks, leaf matter and rubbish. As …
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Earth Repair in Qamea, Fiji
From the beach we walked down a long garden path through trees, shrubs, vegetable patches, a huge Bukka tree. Tucked away, a house on stilts emerged with coconut trees towering throughout the land surrounding the house. A huge friendly smile greeted us that never left Gella’s face the whole time we were there. “Bula Vinaka!” (A …
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Adventures in Fijis Qamea
To Fiji! Waiting for our 4:30pm flight to Nadi, Fiji from Auckland in the airport debating on what our last NZ dollars on. We decide Sushi and casually walk to our gate. The Screen still saying, ‘boarding in 5 minutes’, so we thought we had time. For the first time in our lives, we were …
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