CORAL COAST, FIJI

Now that he's feeling better, Chris is getting really anxious to leave Fiji and move on to New Zealand. I guess he feels like there's not enough to do here, although when you're on a tropical island for a month, isn't doing nothing kind of the point? I guess it depends on who you talk to. Anyway, he called Air Pacific this morning to see about changing the date of our flight out. They told us there's a change fee of US$100 per person, so I guess that means we're staying in Fiji for another week. :-)

We did find something to do this afternoon: we took a taxi to Kula Eco Park, a wildlife sanctuary that breeds and raises endangered species, including Fiji peregrine falcons, crested iguanas, and hawksbill turtles. The park also has nature trails through the forest and a lot of other native animals on display, including parrots, owls, fruit bats, snakes, and tropical fish.

People met today:

• Ping, a Chinese girl living in Bristol, on her way to Mexico after visiting Thailand and New Zealand.
• Manuela, an Italian girl living in Dublin, who works as a video editor.

Man, it's like the frigging United Nations around here.