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Mana Island

I arrived on the day at Christmas-Party, lucky me

and we got the best food on Fiji, a „‚lovo-meal“ hmm lecker

…of course with Kava!

and pretty girls ….. Urrrrrrrroooooo!

later was „partytime“ with dancing

beautiful color of the ocean around the island

I did of course some dives there

I did one dive with a very nice and pretty Japaenese girl – „Konichiwa Ai“

underwater impressions

bird´s-eye-view

nice sunset directly on the beach

the view from the hill to the summit cross, back to the bay

Kava drinking for Touris after dinner (sorry it´s not real)

pretta Anna behind the bar

crazy girls are working there

we saw twice a „Polynesian fire dance-show“

very hot!

my darlings again

I love them

I found also some softcorals

big Joe, the local divemaster

happy Harry (Mana Island in the backround)

Fiji-culture-night – with a chief and his bodyguard (names Olivier)

Salamada wreck dive

Olivier and I (only half)

our briefing before the arrival of Cyclon EVAN

the direction of EVAN

The two „Spätzle“ Franzi & Pierre, which I met later in the plane to Auckland again

preparing for EVAN

the kids from the village, which is behind the backpacker´s places

the wind started comming up!

preparing in the bar area

EVAN is knocking on the door….

…. better switch the power off …….

the crazy Fijian enjoying the big waves for surfing on any piece of wood

we, the Touris (in total 6) were now only at a safe protected place

… EVAN is getting stronger and stonger …(was Category 4)

… now was the maximum, I took that pic from inside of the shop … won´t go out anymore 😉

… the Internetroom was our last safety place, where we did go..just by luck we had some drinks with us 😉

some impressions in the break (eye) of EVAN – Internetroom

very bad ….

…. a lot of sand was blown away by the wind

… the time after ….

… very hard for the peoples of the village …

… EVAN stole also a part of the beach ….

… a lot of roofs are gone …

… but, we always had a proper delecious meal – thanks to the famous cooks

… our terrace afterwards, a bit more breezier (without roof)

and now started the big cleaning

… fancy looking palm trees and a lot of staff on the floor …

… every one had to give a hand, even the kids …

… EVAN was very strong …

… puuuuhhh

… poor kids …

a lot staff to burn …

… it was nice before …

… inside of the beach bungalows …

good bye to Gui, one of the survivors – take care buddy!

without words

… view from the hill at the northest point of the island

that woman „bombshell“ would have eaten me completely – careful Harry

thats the two diving instructor of Ratu Kini Backpacker Hostel, Shirley and Pete

we had some bonfire in the evening, in case of lots wood laying around

and now it was „X-Mas time!“

everyone loved my hat

sexy Urrrrrrrroooooo – very nice!

big work in the kitchen for our X-Mas dinner

my goodbye with Olivier, cause he left with Joe to his home for Christmas

nice sunset from the hill

Christmas under water

my dive at the supermarkt

a mask porcupine fish

a lot of Santa´s suddenly running around

… many …

our brillant menu

the Christmas tree soup

a cool Santa …

funny Santa´s

Jammy!

„it´s Christmas time“

X-Mas sunset

hmmm, I am hungry ……;-)

fun at the bar

What a luck, it was also a nice Christmas for the kids, thanks to the Aussie family!!! – I got the adress of the school, please contact me if you wanna help them too.

happy kids

„You also can help!“

my farewell-Kava bowl – the roots from Somosomo

my good bye from the cooks

I left some sad staff behind

„Sayounara Harry!“