This afternoon we went to Azeems parents house in Ba. It's about an hour and a half away from Nadi. The drive was unbelievably beautiful. On one side there were huge forested mountain and on the other was plains that lead down to the water. Unfortunately we passed some villages that had been hit by the floods badly. It was tough to see the people were all in good spirits.
When we got to Azeems parents house, his mother had offered us a traditional indian meal. SO DAMN GOOD. Claire and I breathed it in!
We lounged around the house for a few hours but before we got back on the road we thought we should go to the washroom.
We didn't know that there would be a MONSTER spider sitting on the floor in the washroom. The thing was the size of our palm! Azeem laughed and said that it wasn't even the biggest spider in Fiji. EWWW
What did Claire and I get ourselves into?

So with that said... we are kinda looking forward to going into the bush and excavating! :)

We will write you an update when we get out of the village... hopefully without spider bites!

Love from Fiji,
J

P.S. We just got home from dinner, where we met up with some friends of Azeem's here in Nadi. We spent the evening at a great restaurant called Nadi Bay. The moment we arrived,the waitress came over and put flowers behind all the ears of the women who came in. There was the cutest little boy there named Tyler - his dad is German, and his mom is Indo-Fijian. He speaks both Fijian, English and German. He was the life of the party and made Jenna and I laugh for a long time. The resort cat fancied Jenna, and jumped on her lap, where he remained for most of the meal. It was Azeem's friend's birthday and the staff at the restaurant (all Fijian) came over and sang to her with their guitars and their leis and their flowered skirts. It was really fun!

P.P.S. We forgot to mention we ran over a puppy on our way into town yesterday. He ran out into the road and we heard a thump and a squeal. Azeem says he was okay (he checked his blindspot) but Jenna and I aren't so convinced. Also, we saw another dog lying in the middle of the road today on our way back from Lautoka. There are lots of stray dogs here and they can be quite mean. Jenna and I heard a gang of them getting into a fight last night outside our window. Sorry to end on a bit of sad note.

Love,
C

written by  clairejenna on January 16, 2009 from Nandi, Fiji
from the travel blog: Claire and Jenna Do The World
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Claire and Jenna!! My archaeologorgeous ladies!
I was thinking about you today - I hope the dig is going well! I spent all afternoon procrastinating from my homework and looking at pics from the last two Field seasons. I miss it!! I'm super jealous you're digging right now - and somewhere soooo cool! I can't wait to hear all about it! Stay cool and stay safe!
xo Alison

written by  Alison Torrie on January 25, 2009

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OHHHHH you guys!!!!!!! hurry up and finish with the dig so I can hear about it!!! Its snowing like a BITCH right now and I'm getting to the point where I want to be in the Field but it feels soooo far away :(
I have to live vicariously through you guys
dig hard! stay safe! miss you!!
xoxo
jojo

written by  Johanna Kelly on January 28, 2009

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