Fiji

Heya!

While wearing a surprisingly comfortable sulu (a very formal skirt), I am currently staying in Naivicula, (pronounced Navydullah for those that are very interested in Fijian pronunciation) the village where Kim has been staying for the last few months. She lives on the compound of the school where she works, and I can now stay at the head teacher’s house.

The last few days have been very cool and interesting, seeing how Kim has lived the last few months and meeting the people she lived with. Fijian villages are traditional places when it comes to community and religion, and I was warmly welcomed into the houses of the people living on the compound.  All the kids in the school seem to know my name and are extremely interesting in this weird, white and tall Dutchmen, after they had just gotten used to Kim.

Before going into the village for a church service, I had to do a sevusevu, a ritual that all outsiders have to do before entering the village. It involves introduction to the chief of the village and the drinking of kava, a traditional drink that has some kind of light narcotic effect. However, most of the villagers were in the middle of a fasting period of three weeks, so I still have to wait to try it.

Now I got to the moment where I have way more to write but no time to do so, so that will have to wait until later!