Fiji blog

Fiji: on Malolo Island is where we started in Fiji.  This is my first time crossing the equator and the international date line. When we got to our resort we were greeted by some people with a greeting of “Bula” Fijian for hello. We had a good snorkel and I saw a school of three foot long trevally!

Our next stop was Savusavu we had a great time at the Daku Resort.  We had a really nice dinner with the owners of the daku, JJ and his wife.  JJ gave me really hard quizzes on geography. I thought I would master the one on America but I got a few wrong like name the most southern state, the most northern state,  the most eastern state, and the most western (hint: you can use the same state more than once). The next day we went to go diving.  We saw a lot of cool little fish like the well camouflaged Leaf fish, a nudibranch or sea slug, and a giant clam.  The clams have amazingly bright colored lips in tons of different colors. Later that day we went to the local market where they had a giant banana three inches thick and some amazing spices. Our last day in Fiji was spent doing a couple more dives in which we saw a stingray, a couple of grouper and a school of snapper.

Josiah on Vanua Levu, Fiji, in between scuba dives

 Malolo Island Fiji where giant clams and soft corals are abundant

          

Waikiki

Josiah and former FSP student Anya Steele in Honolulu

Monk Seal

We just saw a 500lb female Hawaiian Monk Seal a rare endangered species there are only about 1000 left in the wild. There are three species of Monk Seal the Hawaiian Monk Seal, the Mediterranean Monk Seal which they're only 500 of and the Caribbean Monk Seal which sadly went extinct. They are strict about the Monk seal now that it is really endangered and hopefully it can make a recovery with all its protection.

Certified to Dive!

at 10,000 on the summit of Mt. Haleakala for sunrise

Finally Certified PADI diver on certification day we saw a seven foot long barracuda a tuna or maybe it was a Jack we also saw a few turtles and eel. Since we've been in Maui we've seen some whales (though not as many as usual),Saw the sun rise on top of mount Haliakala and whole herd of 60+ deer.

Endangered Hawaiian Nene Goose at 8000 ft. on Haleakala