Suva, Fiji

Suva, Fiji

October 13

Today we went to Suva, Fiji. Now, where the driver sits in Fiji is on the other side than in the USA. So, when you cross the street you have to be super careful and look at the other lane because that is where the drivers are coming from.

We started the day off by walking to a nearby fruit market. There was tons of fresh fruit, vegetables, bread, eggs and weaved baskets. We bought 3 different types of Fijian breads one had cassava flour, coconut and sugar in it and was barbequed, the second one had bananas and cassava flour. The third bread had just cassava flour in it and had the consistency of a gummy bear. Cassava is a yuca root. It is also used to make tapioca While we were walking down the market my Dad noticed a huge fat, yellow banana that looked as though it was ripe. My Dad bought 2 of the big bananas. They tasted like green bananas that were sweet (which I love) but  the guy that we bought them from said that they were ripe. After that we walked around the market some more and bought more bananas, but these were really tiny bananas that were extremely sweet. When we were done shopping we headed back to the ship to eat all our yummy food. We shared it with one of our friends on board the ship named Bill! At the end of the day we made little goodie bags for our favorite crew that make our breakfast , lunch and dinner and gave it to them. After our snack, we decided to get back off the ship and walk around some more. We walked around town and came across this guy who kept telling us to go to the Fijian market. We also saw a movie theater in town. They were playing Chef, which is one of my favorite movies. But it was a Bollywood version that came out a couple days ago. Then we went shopping in this really cool dress shop that had a skirt that my Mom really wanted to get and a dress that I wanted, but I was too short for it . We also saw a grocery store. We went in and my Dad bought a bunch of Fijian junk food. When we were heading back to the ship we saw a bakery that did not use casaba root. When we walked in I could smell a delightful aroma of fresh baked bread. So we wound up getting a lamb sausage roll that was amazing and then walked back to the ship.

We got back on the ship and went to the highest floor on the ship and looked at the pretty view.

My Mom and I got back off and got henna tattoos and I got four very tight braids in my hair. The lady that did my henna tattoo really wanted me to do henna and she said that after doing it for a year your hand just flows and totally knows what it's doing. When my Mom and I were done getting our henna tattoos and my hair braided we had made 2 new friends. We said goodbye to Suva and headed back to the ship for the 3rd time.