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📸 by Kini Saukuru of her family home in Sabeto. Miss my Viti 🇫🇯🇫🇯🇫🇯🇫🇯💙💙💙💙

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Somewhere in #Sabeto 📷 by Kini Saukuru on Facebook #Fiji

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Tree hugging! #GardenOfTheSleepingGiant #Fiji #Sabeto #WorldConservationDay (at Garden of the Sleeping Giant) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDN5afoglvl/?igshid=tmei8jrneelx

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It was the best day of my life so far😍😲😍😂 thanks to the Rush Family❤ Got to meet some new friends from Auckland Cassy and Erin (hope it's correct😉 I'm bad with remembering names) lovely to meet you.... #zipline #sabeto #nadi #fiji #nz #myboys #jj #monty #monday (at Sleeping Giant Zipline)

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The Sabeto Project: Day 16 Today was our final day in the Sabeto village so we had quite a fair bit planned for the afternoon! However, we had a few things we needed to accomplish first, including round two of The Sleeping Giant hike, which was by far the most exciting part of my day! As previously stated, I absolutely love hiking so getting to go back up the mountain again was amazing and I was so keen to check our trap to see if we managed to catch a pig. I had talked to David before we left and he told me that in the two previous days they had two successful catches, so hopes were high for today. We had a smaller crew today as well so considering how much I hate walking slowly, I was happy that we were able to maintain a very awesome pace up the mountain. It seemed as though we managed to reach the pig trap in no time at all - and GUESS WHAT?! No pig. Bummer. As cruel as the method of killing the wild pigs is, I was still keen to see it happen, but I guess you don't get to find out hiw they do it after all ;) but regardless, my main goal and aim for the day was the climb, so I didn't really care too much. The views were just as breathtaking as last time, but this time David and I decided to go a little bit further into the mountain and went for a climb down one of the rock faces. The climb down was actually really cool and we had to jump from rock face to rock face and climb down little crevices, which was so much more exciting than the straight climb. So overall, another amazing day if climbing with some awesome photos and videos to go with! Top line: Epi being a native Second: The view and a small pig cave Third: David in the cave, off the beaten track climb Upon arrival back at Sabeto village; we were greeted with a ninja-quick lunch before heading into the community hall for our farewell afternoon tea and celebration. But first: kava - of course, how could we not! I'm starting to think fiji's entire economy is based on tourism and kava! The afternoon tea was absolutely beautiful and it was so good to see how many of the villagers came to see us off! Many dances were performed, songs were sung and most importantly; tears were shed! And a fair few of them too! Saying goodbye was ridiculously hard as we had some amazing memories from the trip and met some incredible people! Saying goodbye to Eta was extra difficult as her relationship with Courtney (hence our upcoming series "Eta and Courtney in the morning") was so sweet and she was in tears the whole afternoon. It seemed as though the goodbyes went on forever and once we got in the bus, we still weren't any closer to leaving! We were immediately swarmed by hordes of the children from the schools and the bus was surrounded! Their were fist bumps and hi 5's and handshakes going on out of every window and the air rang with cries of Bula!! Eventually we did get away though, and it was a solemn trip back to the hotel and for me personally it brought back some very tough memories! When I was on Contiki at the start of the year around Europe I made friends with the two most amazing girls I have ever met, who happen to live in South Africa. Even though we were only together form 19 days, it felt like I had known them for half my life and we got on absolutely famously! I don't think we went anywhere or did anything without one another and quite often bailed from the other 47 Contiki goers and did our own thing. Saying Goodbye to them was the hardest thing I have ever had to do and this was probably a close second. I hate farewells. But just like I know the girls will forever be a part of my heart and I know I will see them soon, same goes for the amazing people of the village of Sabeto. Kava count: 50! Boom - half century!

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The Sabeto Project: Day 15

Short report today as not much really happened which was excellent after last nights stuff around. As an added double bonus, today was probably one of the best planned and organised days of the entire trip, making it so much more enjoyable. The fact that we had a set plan and actually stuck to it allowed all of us to actually feel at ease and take in what was going on around us, instead of always worrying about what we were meant to be doing.

We started the day in Natalau village and went on a tour of the place before our arts and crafts session later in the day. Compared to Sabeto village, Natalou is absolutely gorgeous. The grass is greener, the houses tidier, the gardens well kept and the whole place seemed relatively spotless in comparison. I think this has a lot to do with the chief of the village and how much respect everyone has for him, whereas the Sabeto chief is relatively new and a lot of people have no faith in him so don’t clean up and look after the village.

Afterwards we had a quick demonstration of their arts and crafts before a Lovo lunch of many horrible things. I am really not a fan of the food here, it’s really quite gross. But you know, you have to be polite and at least try the things!! The weirdest of all is they always cook their fish with head and guts intact, which just looks completely disgusting and definitely doesn’t satisfy the appetite.

Thankfully, Michelle and I got our rest today before tonight’s recordings so went straight back to the hotel from Natalou for a nap. Amazingly enough, the recordings went so ridiculously well and we finished at 11pm without any major hiccups at all. The music was absolutely beautiful though and they have such incredible voices, so it was a great experience all round. The only annoying part of the whole night was the tea, coffee and kava gathering afterwards. We ended up sticking around for about an hour and a half and then Geoff had to do two runs to take the women back to Sabeto that took another half an hour. So by 2am and after a good 16 bowls of kava we were finally on our way home!

Kava count: 48