Big Bug! Really Really Big Bug!
I got up early and went fro a run down to the Pearl and back, the resort dogs were my escort :) The others were up when I got back and we had the complementary breakfast... I am coming to love fresh papaya.
Chris S had no fear!
We called about the zip lines and found out that we could go at 1 p.m. Chris, Rae and I went this time. The first run was off a Cliff across the river and to the ground. Then there was a climb up to the second run. After the first run you never touch the ground until the end of the 8 runs. We got to make two circuits. It was thrilling, though by the end of it we had the hang of it (pun intended) and were playing around, going backwards and spinning... on purpose even. We took lots of pictures and video:
Rae went first.
I talked a bit with the owner who said that there is some great climbing in fiji but little interest among tourists in doing it...I wonder if it is a marketing issue?
When we got back we used the uprising Internet and spent some time setting up our stay at Octopus and hotel in Laotoka. The drive back was beautiful!
Vibrum 5 Fingers are great for many sports, now including Ziplines!
We stopped for dinner at 'The Crows Nest' resort's restaurant. I remember eating there on my first trip to Fiji. In my memory there is an old man sitting in the corner smoking a pipe and looking wise... I always thought that would be a good place to be at 80.
The Crow's Nest seems not to have changed much in the last 20 years.
We got into Laotoka late and got a room at the hotel Cathay. It was a bit of a dive but cheep and we could get picked up there by the folks at octopus.
LINKS
Zip Fiji Website
Zip Fiji Video (amature, but with wierd ants)
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