A Fijian marching band warmly welcomed us to the Suva port at 7:30 am on October 23. Their music was wonderful, lasted about 30 minutes while docking and port papers were completed. I am still not feeling up to the excursion we had booked—caught a cold—but Liz left on her Eco-Park tour, and I stayed aboard to rest and catch a telephone call with Oona.
This a busy port, with lots of vessels of all types entering a very narrow passage through coral reefs and rocky shoals. While Liz was off-ship, the Volendam had a man overboard drill, where a tender was lowered and scurried over to pick up an overboard life preserver. This image was taken from the poolside of the Lido where I watched the drill.
Liz returned from her adventure and said it was good I didn’t go as it was muddy, slippery, uneven ground with at least 60 primitive steps, and two steep ups-and-downs, but very beautiful. From the lovely rainforest plants to the Fijian kava ceremony, she enjoyed every minute (but had to scrub her tennis shoes and wash her slacks afterwards):
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