Iv'e just had the most amazing week - travelled to Tavua along the Kings Road, and worked with my colleagues to run a workshop for the teachers and head teachers. Everyone said the Kings Road was terrible, but I thought it was amazing. 29 kilometres of rough dirt, but the rest was great road, with great views, very little traffic and no pot holes. The road meanders northwards along the east coast and across the top of the island, sometimes along the coast, somet...

Two weeks seem to have rushed by since I last blogged. I am sitting in my apartment watching the sun go down over the horizon, listening to the sound of rugby, which is played at Albert Park. This park is in my forground, and Suva Bay is in the background, with the land stretching out behind that. Albert Park is always full of people, mostly practising rugby, before and after work, and then with games on Saturday and Sunday. Off to the left is Thurston Gardens...

I have now been here in Fiji for almost four weeks, and feel like it has flown by. I have settled into my apartment and feel like I am just beginning to learn how to live here in Suva. Coming to live somewhere different like this means that you have to learn to do simple things like - food shopping. I mostly go to a supermarket called MHCC, as it feels familiar. However I know that most locals go to the markets and save a lot of money. I still find them a bit dau...