Monday, November 12, 2007

All ashore

Sunday, November 11



Our cruise docked back at Lautoka at noon. We had a great time and met some very nice people. The morning was spent with breakfast, saying goodbyes, exchanging email address and some photos.








During the cruise I had asked Alfie about the origins of the Fijian people. The same question our Indian driver had answered as South Africa. Alfie had responded that the Fijian language and pottery had been traced back to origins in Taipei. I piped up, oh Taiwan. Alfie corrected me and said not Taiwan but Taipei. OK. Mere pulled me over Sunday morning and mentioned that Alfie had discounted Taiwan for political reasons. Seems that Fiji supports the one China policy and Taiwan does not exist. Interesting.




Alfie took a group passenger picture with everybody’s camera and the crew put on a singing farewell for us. Captain Siti shook our hands and our driver was waiting to take us to the hotel.




Our vacation is wrapping up and slowing down. Today was a quiet day. Kelly and Dan from the ship are staying at our hotel and we ran into them during the day. After an afternoon of catching up on email, the blog and pictures we had a very nice dinner at the hotel, outside overlooking the water.

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