Visiting a local school and drinking with the chief!

Today we planned to chill in the morning and go for a village tour in the afternoon.

We had a good walk around the village and then had an amazing tour of the school, which has to have the best view from any school in the world.

The kids seemed so happy to see us and sung us some nice songs with very strong voices. After this Bobo took us for a hike up a hill to see the nice views and sit under a huge mango tree.

On a Normal day it would have been fine, but it was so hot it was a killer. On our return to the village we saw some local men sitting by the school enjoying a bowl of Kava, after mowing the lawn around the village.

We were invited to join them and we soon realised that they were drinking full strength grog, it was great fun and Chris was even got the privilege to sit next to the village chief!

We staggered back home, which was quite difficult after lots of kava and grabbed a quick shower before Chris and I headed to have dinner leaving Andy and Abbe to their 2-minute-noodles.

We had a delicious dinner of freshwater prawns, cassava cakes and local spinach cooked in coconut milk – Chris was very happy!

After this we joined the party on the deck which was a joint leaving doo, mainly for Andy and Abbe but also covering us too. Lots more Kava and some local music and dancing – it was great fun, but we were so knackered that soon had to call it a night.

Visiting a local school and drinking with the chief!

Rukuruku, Fiji