Off to Suva

25th July we took off for Suva. Our local bus driver stopped the bus, flagged down the Suva bus, away we went. Transferred in the middle of the main road.
The road was like the 309, one speed for the driver, foot to the floor.Not much traffic, some mini busses and a few cars. he bridges were quite narrow and scary. Jungle and hilly.


Suva is the largest city in the tropical South Pacific, it's like Honolulu might have been like 50 years ago.Taxi was $1.60 to our hotel, South Pacific Private Hotel, budget, could have had a double room for $30, like a prison cell. We opted for the room with bathroom, it had louvre windows on three sides ($54) and the only bug I saw was a scorpion, I flicked it out the door...
Suva was colder than Rakiraki, I had to ask for a blanket. I also asked for a thin pillow, I hate fat pillows.
Sunday only Mc Donalds was open, so we had coffee there early. One mall was open, I found a whole rack of fishing lures and bought three. Everyone was at church, or resting. You don't work, fish, play, mow lawns here on Sunday.
The Fiji museum has an 80 year old drua (battleship, says Gary)There are anchor stones from the old canoes, and a huge stone that the warriors rested prisoners' heads on- then WACK!
Tomorrow we are off to Savusavu on the ship.