This is the last post about our adventures in Fiji. Life in Maine has been moving so fast that the Fiji photos have gotten pushed aside by all the cool stuff happening right now. It’s late spring, the birds are…
little girl, Kadavu Koro, Kadavu, Fiji Our last day on Kadavu we visited the local school and the village of Kadavu Koro (I think Koro means village, so that must be kind of like saying we visited the city of…
Two Trees Island, Kadavu, Fiji This is Two Trees Island. The reason for the name is more obvious from the landward view. Underwater photo of coral reef near Two Trees Island, Kadavu, Fiji I’d gone snorkeling a couple of times,…
(Fiji Beachcombing series No.8): Fluted Giant Clam shell (Tridacna squamosa), Spider Conch (Lambis sp.), Top Shell (Trochus sp.), sea glass, pumice, and several species I couldn’t identify, including a cowrie, coral branches, scallop, and Cone Snail. The stars of today’s…
West of Matava, Kadavu; March 16, 2012 (Fiji Beachcombing series No.7) : Metal lid labelled “Tokin Mathematical Instrument Box,” clam, coral, crab claw, Nerites (Nerita sp.), ‘mudstone,’ unidentified shell, coconut seed (Cocos nucifera). This is the post where you finally…
Waya Island, Kadavu; March 15, 2012 (Fiji Beachcombing series No.6): Unidentified corals, coconut seed (Cocos nucifera), scallop, cone snail, and clam shells (all unidentified species), aluminum aerosol bottle, and a mysterious gastropod shell Just offshore from Matava is Waya Island.…
Matava, Kadavu; March 14, 2012 (Fiji Beachcombing series No.2): Unidentified shell, Sally Lightfoot crabs (Grapsus sp.), Vutu flower stems (Barringtonia asiatica), ‘mudstones,’ vertebrae of a very large but unidentified fish Matava, Kadavu; March 14, 2012 (Fiji Beachcombing series No.5): Bone,…
Well, we finally arrived at the Matava Eco-Resort on Kadavu Island. The tide was out, so we waded through shallow water along a narrow path through the seaweed and coral up to the mudflat along the shore. Everybody from the…