Barefoot In Fiji

I spent two days in Fiji.  It was not that long ago that they had cannibals here and the joke was, "not Chinese again tonight."  It is interesting that most of the islands have a significant Chinese and Indian population.  In Suva Fiji I got a taxi and went to a rain forest and waterfall.  The men here are really fit and everyone seems friendly too.  There were a lot of young people swimming at the waterfall/watering hole.  Most wore regular clothes when swimming.  Maybe they don't have bathing suits here.  I hiked through the rainforest with my Taxi driver and eventually went for a swim in one of the cool pools under a small water fall.

The next day we went to some what of a deserted Island.   It was a bit of paradise, i had a 20 minute coconut oil massage by a native for $10.  It was nice and then I walked down the beach and went in a few times.  The water was surprisingly cool.

I bumped into a few people i knew and they had mentioned climbing to the top of the Island mountain.  I love to hike as long as I don't have to sleep outside too.  I tried to find  a path through the brush and found myself in a bit of a pineapple farm.
I had only my flip flops on and decided it would be easier to walk up barefoot.  Sometimes, interesting places call for interesting decisions.  I walked up and passed other tourists along the way who assured me there was cold beer on top.

Another hiker offered me $50 for my bottle of water so I figured that was not true.  After stopping once to catch my breath, I eventually made it to the top and took in the spectacular view and took a 360 degree picture. 

On the way back I bumped into my buddy Brian again, who had some how found a tire in the water, leave it to him.  We went back to ship by lifeboat.